How Dawid Malan went from having his middle peg knocked out of the ground in club cricket to being an Ashes centurion.

If you missed the annual Gemenid meteor shower, cameras captured the celestial display over China.

Nasa finds a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System.

A mid-air collision was only narrowly avoided, the US defence department says.

More than 600 workers refuse to return to the surface until their wages are increased.

The official app will let followers stay up to date with his travels and read his teachings.

About 7,000 firefighters are trying to tackling the Thomas fire, the fourth biggest in state history.

The two men were found guilty of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the United States.

Britain's Laura Renwick and her horse Top Dollar VI win the Puissance event at the Olympia Horse Show in London after clearing 2.20m.

China's 1977 college entrance exams brought in a generation that would change the country forever.

John Higgins faces Ronnie O'Sullivan for a last-four place in Glasgow, with Stephen Maguire taking on Judd Trump.

Tennis star Roger Federer wins the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year for a record fourth time after a public vote.

A journalist looks for the truth of his father's role in one of the largest clandestine missions in US history.

Berlin is offering asylum seekers thousands of euros to retrace their steps - but is it ethical?

How does your drinking measure up to the average from countries around the world?

The internet of things poses new threats to our security, so how should we be fighting back?

Pablo Kuczynski says he will publish his accounts, amid growing pressure over corruption allegations.

7 days quiz: Who did George Clooney give $14m to?

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this week.

The Pitch Perfect movies may have been successful, but they also remain unique in the film industry.

A landmark inquiry calls for the Catholic Church to allow voluntary celibacy for its priests.