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.

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.

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

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".

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.

US billionaire John Malone's cable group Liberty Global is in discussions about a deal with Richard Branson's UK cable operator Virgin Media

A member of a girl band in Indian-administered Kashmir queries why they are described as "un-Islamic" when male bands are allowed to perform

A bionic man, complete with working artificial organs, synthetic blood and functioning limbs has been built by robotics experts.

Martin Sagrera uses his free time and his money to make the placards that many people carry during protests in Madrid

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington retires at the age of 23 to focus on her campaign and mentoring work.

A campaign to bring Richard III's body back to York gains momentum after a skeleton found beneath a car park in Leicester is confirmed as his.

Reg Presley, frontman of British rock band The Troggs - behind hits including Wild Thing - dies aged 71, a year after being diagnosed with cancer.