US President Barack Obama has urged the people of Kenya, where his father was born, to avoid violence and intimidation in next month's elections.

The owner of a firm awarded a large contract to restore the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is placed under house arrest and investigated for fraud.

The owner of a firm awarded a large contract to restore the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is placed under house arrest and investigated for fraud.

Provides an overview of Latvia, including key events and facts about this country which lies on the Baltic Sea

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes the first Iranian president to visit Egypt since the Islamic revolution in 1979, as he arrives in Cairo for a summit.

A woman in her 80s left at home without medication, food, or water for nine days after a care agency was shut down dies in hospital.

Provides an overview of Estonia, including key events and facts about this small country on the Baltic sea

Egypt's dwindling foreign currency reserves fall 10% in a single month, renewing concerns over the economy.

French anti-terror police arrest four suspects in the Paris region in a crackdown on Islamist militant networks operating in west Africa.

Some 1,800 soldiers from Chad have entered Kidal, the last major town in northern Mali under rebel control, the French military says.

A week after the horrific fire which killed 237 people in Brazil, Santa Maria University, where most of the victims studied has re-opened.

Europeans are the first to get their hands on the Model A version of the hugely popular Raspberry Pi bare-bones computer.

Seabirds washed and cared for at an RSPCA centre in Somerset

Hosts India are out of the Women's World Cup with a 138-run defeat by Sri Lanka in their final group match in Mumbai.

Mobile phone taxi app Hailo on verge of going global

A leaked US justice department memo reveals its legal case for drone strikes on American citizens abroad, which a civil liberties group calls "reckless".

A leaked US justice department memo reveals its legal case for drone strikes on American citizens abroad, which a civil liberties group calls "reckless".

A County Down company at the centre of the horse meat controversy says it does not own the contaminated consignment.

A prominent Danish critic of Islam, Lars Hedegaard, has survived a gun attack at his home in the capital Copenhagen, police say.

The US President Barack Obama urges the people of Kenya, where his father was born, to avoid violence and intimidation in next month's elections.