Peshawar school massacre: Two Taliban militants hanged after Pakistan reinstates death penalty
BREAKING: Authorities hang two convicted militants in city of Faisalabad in wake of Peshawar school attack.
Colombia: Farc guerillas kill five Colombian soldiers on eve of ceasefire
Colombian rebels ambush army patrol in rural area of Santander de Quilichao.
Egypt: Over 600 children locked up for months in underground prisons near Cairo
Teenage boys held in Banha prison attached to base run by security forces.
The Interview: Brazilian author Paulo Coelho offers Sony $100k for rights to North Korea film
Author protests company's decision to axe film following threats from hackers.
Israel: Third rocket fired from Gaza Strip since summer conflict
BREAKING: No injuries reported as rocket lands in open area in Eshkol, southern Israel.
Secret CIA report: Drone strikes and targeted killings 'boost support for terror groups'
Wikileaks publish secret CIA document which admits negatives of drone strike campaign.
Israel: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to boycott Margot Wallstrom's visit to country
Israel's top diplomat to avoid Wallstrom in response to EU decision to recognise Palestine.
Vladimir Putin: 'Too early to decide whether I will run for 2018 Russia presidency'
Russian leader declines to confirm whether he will seek fourth presidential term in annual speech.
Robber disguised as Father Christmas plunders San Francisco bank and makes escape into Santacon crowd
Red-robed robber escapes bank heist by blending into crowd of revellers dressed as Santa
US: Black teenager George Stinney Jnr cleared of murder 70 years after electric chair execution
Conviction of George Stinney Jnr overturned; teenager was found guilty of murdering two white girls.
Israel calls Palestinian UN draft resolution to end occupation by 2017 a 'gimmick'
Israel call controversial UN draft resolution a 'gimmick' after its submission by Jordan to UN.
Nigeria Boko Haram insurgency: Islamists kill 35 and kidnap 100 women in north-east village
BREAKING: Terror group continue attacks in country's northern regions in village of Gumsuri
Isis massacre: 230 al-Sheitaat tribesmen found in mass grave in eastern Syria
BREAKING: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reveals mass grave found in Deir al-Zor province.
Historic US-Cuba deal: 'Let us leave behind legacy of colonialism and Communism,' says Obama
BREAKING: US President gives landmark address on changing 'rigid' relationship with Cuba.
US-Cuba diplomacy agreement: American travel restrictions lifted, cigars and rum allowed for import
Licensed US travellers will be allowed to import $400 worth of Cuban goods in total.
Lebanon: Mossad double agent 'infiltrated Hezbollah' to be bodyguard of leader Hassan Nasrallah
Kuwaiti reports claim spy guarded Hezbollah chief who lives in hiding to avoid assassination.
Peshawar school attack: Pakistan Taliban terrorists 'planning to plant magnetic bombs on children's buses'
BREAKING: Pakistan police call for increased security at schools and underneath school buses.
Alan Gross: Cuba release Jewish-American contractor on humanitarian grounds
BREAKING: Gross, 65, has spent five of his 15-year term in a Cuban prison
New Pakistan school attack: Taliban bomb girls' college in Khyber Province
Twin bomb blast day after Taliban attack killed 141.
Al-Sweady Inquiry: UK soldiers 'mistreated' nine detainees after 2004 battle in Iraq
BREAKING: Inquiry finds allegations of torture and murder 'deliberate lies' and 'reckless speculation'.
Sydney Siege: Slain hostage Katrina Dawson hailed as hero for shielding pregnant friend
Female barrister lauded as questions raised over why killer Sheikh Man Monis had been granted bail.
Israeli and Palestinian reaction to EU court's 'removal' of Hamas from terror blacklist
Israeli officials express anger at decision to 'remove' group from terror list.
Peshawar school massacre: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi begs Taliban 'take me and leave these children'
Attack met with chorus of condemnation around the world including Nobel Laureates Malala and Satyarthi.
Jeb Bush to 'actively explore' running for US president in 2016 election
BREAKING: Second son of George H W Bush to explore possibility of running for the Oval Office seat.
Peshawar school attack: Teenage girl 'played dead' to survive while all her classmates perished
13-year-old girl survived after pretending to be dead when gunman burst into classroom.
Peshawar school attack: Pakistan authorities claim all Taliban attackers are dead
BREAKING: At least 130 people killed in massacre by Taliban as siege comes to an end.
Peshawar school attack: Death toll rises to 'more than 130' in massacre at Pakistan school by Taliban terrorists disguised as soldiers
Attack by militant group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban) in response to Pakistani military operations.
Sydney Siege: Police storm Lindt Cafe using live ammunition to end dramatic 16-hour hostage crisis
BREAKING: Paramedics seen carrying hostages out of building, according to Australian media reports.
Ghent Siege: Three armed men 'surrender' from surrounded apartment in Belgium city
BREAKING: Siege may be continuing in northern Belgium after reports suggested four men entered building.
Israel: Shin Bet arrest Palestinian cell over 'pregnant' suicide bomber plot
Women from West Bank city of Jenin was to detonate explosives belt under pregnancy disguise.
