A row breaks out between India and Pakistan after Islamabad's suggestion that Delhi provide security to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Students at a high school in the US state of New Jersey have successfully set the record for the most people popping bubble wrap at one time.

A bipartisan group of US senators unveils a plan to pass sweeping reform of the immigration system by the middle of this year.

Severe pollution covers the Chinese capital for the second time in two weeks, reducing visibility to 200m in some places.

A British man is jailed for six years in Bali for drug offences, as a UK woman sentenced to death for smuggling is set to sue the Foreign Office.

A commission set up by the International Cycling Union (UCI) to investigate the Lance Armstrong scandal is disbanded.

Rescuers searching for a fishing boat which went missing off the Devon coast find the body of the missing skipper, coastguards say.

Ten rare pygmy elephants are found dead in Borneo, with Malaysian officials saying they "highly suspect" poisoning.

Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips is to sell off its home entertainment business, including hi-fis and DVD players, to Japan's Funai Electric.

The billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is using the annual BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture to spell out his commitment to ridding the world of polio.

India cuts its main interest rate for the first time in nine months in an attempt to revive economic growth.

South Korea's outgoing President Lee Myung-bak denies abusing power after granting pardons to former aides and associates convicted of bribery.

Republicans' change of heart on immigration?

Protests and violence continue overnight in Egypt as thousands defy curfews imposed by President Mohammed Morsi.

A group of Republican and Democratic senators have proposed to work together on a solution to America's immigration problem.

The evolution of a digitally ancient file format as it finds new uses