Israeli and Syrian forces trade fire across the ceasefire line in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights.

Why does every Chinese leader want to salute this Indian?

A Senate committee has accused Apple of using "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes.

A Belgian racing pigeon called Bolt is sold to a Chinese businessman for a world record price of 310,000 euros (£260,000; $400,000).

Singapore's DBS Group receives long-awaited regulatory approval to buy a 40% stake in Indonesia's Bank Danamon

Golf's ruling bodies announce that anchoring of putters will be banned from competition from January 2016.

A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa.

The head of the NHS in England Sir David Nicholson is stepping down from the post next year.

The brother of South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius, Carl, is acquitted of culpable homicide over the death of a motorcyclist in 2008.

The head of the European Commission tells the European Parliament he will argue for EU-wide exchange of income data to battle tax evasion.

The family of a woman murdered by her ex-partner call for a public inquiry into how complaints of domestic violence are handled by police.

Prince Charles and Prince William have called for global action to save wild animals from poachers.

The pound falls after lower fuel prices lead to a lower-than-expected inflation rate of 2.4% for April.

Apple is accused of being "among America's largest tax avoiders" by senators, who say the company avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes.

Lionel Messi urges Barcelona to stick with their style of play, despite failing to win this season's Champions League.

Yahoo revamps its Flickr photo-sharing service, offering users up to 1TB of storage if they accept adverts.

Algeria's prime minister denies rumours that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, saying he is "improving every day" in Paris after suffering a mini-stroke in April.

Pakistani politician Imran Khan walks a short distance in a brace, two weeks after damaging his spine in an election rally fall.

Twenty-four hours of news photos: 21 May

Sharing a bed with your newborn baby increases the risk of sudden death syndrome - commonly known as cot death - fivefold, research suggests.