Police in Bangladesh say they have shot dead the prime suspect in the killing of secularist blogger Avijit Roy.

Iraqi government forces have retaken "key parts" of Falluja from so-called Islamic State fighters, as Ahmed Maher reports.

Rome is set to elect its first female leader as Italy holds a second round of voting in municipal elections.

A Colorado mother saves her five-year-old son by prying open a mountain lion's mouth after it attacked the boy in their front yard, officials say.

Prosecutors accuse former tourism minister Henrique Alves of tax evasion and money laundering after he resigned for alleged links to a corruption scheme.

A historic attempt to bring together the leaders of the world's Orthodox churches stalls after the Russian church rejected a last-minute appeal to attend.

Crowds are gathering on the Japanese island of Okinawa to protest against the heavy US military presence in the area.

Bookseller Lam Wing Kee tells the BBC he considered taking his own life 'many times' after being abducted and imprisoned in China.