Five rescued gold miners have discovered that their families had passed on their property, held funerals and moved away because they were presumed dead.

New Zealand captain Richie McCaw retires after a glittering career that saw him win a record 148 caps and two World Cups.

The mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, has come under intense criticism after he wrote a letter that appears to endorse the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos tells the BBC that he will be in serious political difficulty if a Farc peace deal is rejected in a referendum.

Troubled Japanese electronics giant Sharp is trying to persuade its employees to buy its products in a bid to help sales.

Three European workers who died in bushfires in Western Australia were reportedly trying to save a horse.

A suspected Islamist gunman shoots dead two Bosnian soldiers before blowing himself up in Sarajevo, as officials investigate "an act of terrorism".

France has stepped up its air strikes on the jihadist group's stronghold of Raqqa in Syria, but activists from the city say they are not working.