A powerful tornado has hit towns and villages close to the Italian city of Bologna, injuring 11 people.

The search for some 100 workers trapped in a gold mine in Sudan's Darfur region is called off after the rescue operation is deemed too dangerous.

A 600-year old gate considered to be one of South Korea's greatest national treasures has been reopened after it was partly destroyed by fire five years ago.

The Solar Impulse plane, which holds records including the longest manned zero-fuel flight, completes the first leg of a bid to cross the US.

Hundreds of people turn out in the Chinese city of Kunming to protest at plans to build a factory producing a toxic chemical for the textile industry.

Work begins to raise the only surviving German World War II Dornier 17 bomber from its watery grave off the Kent coast.

India have left experienced batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh out of their 15-man Champions Trophy squad.

Hundreds of women are called back for further breast cancer tests after claims a junior doctor failed to follow guidelines.

The Kyrgyz government says it has found the bodies of two US pilots after a military refuelling plane crashed in the Central Asian state on Friday.

BBC Somali's Farhan Jimale outlines what people need to know about Somalia, as an international conference takes place with the governments of the UK and Somalia in London on 7 May.

QPR chairman Tony Fernandes says that he has been "exploited" since he took over at Loftus Road in August 2011.

As people in Spain move out of rural areas and into cities to seek work, entire villages are being sold off at rock bottom prices, drawing buyers from overseas.

The search is on for a cemetery to bury Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev as protesters picket the funeral home where his body is kept.

Portugal is planning to cut 30,000 civil service jobs and to raise the retirement age by one year to 66 as it tries to meet the terms of a bailout.

A petition to protect bullfighting, by giving it special cultural status, is due to be considered by Spain's parliament.

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Bahrain doctors pressured and politicised by crisis

Malaysia's prime minister denies chartering planes to move tens of thousands of voters into marginal constituencies for Sunday's closely fought election.

Egypt minister's suggestive remarks fuel harassment debate

The second outing of Europe's new small satellite launcher, Vega, is postponed because of unacceptable windy conditions in French Guiana.