A farmer in Bosnia has survived a bear attack after killing the animal with his own hands.

An Algerian doctor is sentenced in Algiers to 12 years for kidnapping children born to single mothers and selling them in France for adoption.

About 300 Africans who fled the 2011 war in Libya are now stranded in the north German city of Hamburg, where many of them are sleeping rough.

More than $6bn in criminal cash was laundered by the Liberty Reserve digital cash service, US prosecutors allege.

Two Chinese officials are suspended after being accused of handcuffing and parading a 13-year-old girl down a street for spilling a drink on a government car, state media say.

The BBC's Zubair Ahmed in Mumbai examines Mumbai's new proposals to ban bikini-clad mannequins to help prevent sexual assaults.

A judge limits the evidence the defence can use in the trial of a neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot dead an unarmed Florida teenager last year.

The head of the Libyan national assembly resigns under a law which bans Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office.

Sri Lanka's top meteorologist publicly apologises for the naming of a recent deadly cyclone after a revered third century ruler, King Mahasen.

Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller unveils an 'aggressive' anti-establishment exhibition to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale.

Kenyan MPs, already among the highest paid in the world, vote to raise their salaries in defiance of proposed pay cuts.

A suspected US drone crashes in the southern Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, according to reports.

England beat New Zealand by 247 runs in the second Test at Headingley to complete a 2-0 series victory.

Trucking giant Caterpillar backs eye and face-tracking technology to reduce risk of accidents caused by driver fatigue.

Roberto Martinez is given permission to leave Wigan and will now hold talks with Everton about succeeding David Moyes.

Egyptian youth disillusioned with results of the revolution

Pole vault great Sergei Bubka wants to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee.

Heather Watson's first-round match at the French Open is postponed until Wednesday because of rain in Paris.

Police in Uganda's capital, Kampala, fire tear gas to disperse journalists protesting near the offices of a paper closed by authorities last week.

A patient infected with the novel coronavirus has died in France, according to the health ministry, after travelling in Dubai.