Students from the University of Pennsylvania in the US are combining their love of Bollywood and a cappella singing under the catchy name PennMasala

Iran's reported plans to upgrade its uranium enrichment centrifuges would be a "further escalation" in the nuclear stand-off, the US warns.

Tour guides at the Egyptian Museum, located next to Tahrir Square, say the number of visitors has gone down from 5,000 a day before the revolution, to just a couple of hundred now.

The man who admitted creating and killing off a fake online girlfriend in a hoax targeting US football star Manti Te'o says he was in love with him.

The man who admitted creating and killing off a fake online girlfriend in a hoax targeting US football star Manti Te'o says he was in love with him.

Administrators PwC confirm that they have sold the brand of High Street photographic firm Jessops to entrepreneur Peter Jones.

A standoff between Alabama police and a man who has taken a five-year-old boy hostage enters a third day.

A standoff between Alabama police and a man who has taken a five-year-old boy hostage enters a third day.

Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen admits that he took performance-enhancing drugs for 12 years between 1998 and 2010.

Leaders from Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and a prominent opposition coalition condemn political violence, after dozens are killed in a week of unrest.

David Beckham signs for Paris St-Germain on a five-month deal and says he will donate his salary to charity.

Metropolitan Police detectives arrest a third man as part of Operation Alice, the Andrew Mitchell "plebgate" investigation.

Life in the Mali city of Timbuktu is gradually becoming more colourful after 10 months of strict Sharia law, following the recapture of the city from Islamist militants.

Deutsche Bank reports a surprise 2.2bn-euro loss in the fourth quarter of 2012 after writing off investments and setting aside money for likely litigation.

A man is found guilty of supplying Mark Duggan with a gun before he was shot dead by police in London, sparking riots in towns and cities across England.

David Cameron says he will stick by his pledge to increase spending on defence equipment above the rate of inflation after 2015.

The US Justice Department says a planned merger of the Budweiser and Corona beer brewers would stifle competition.

The US Justice Department says a planned merger of the Budweiser and Corona beer brewers would stifle competition.

David Cameron tells Libyans that the UK will help to bring them "greater security" as he visited the country on the second leg of his Africa trip.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has unleashed the worst political crackdown in the country's post-Soviet era, Human Rights Watch says.