Saad Hariri thrust Lebanon into crisis when he resigned during a trip to Saudi Arabia.

How an Icelandic firm called Marel became the world's largest manufacturer of food processing machinery.

A Pakistani actress is stuck in a seven-year-long court case over whether she is married or not.

In Japan they apologise when a train leaves 20 seconds early. Are other countries so exacting?

The biohacker movement wants to cure disease without the help of government or big companies

Former The Partridge Family star and singer David Cassidy dies aged 67, his family says.

Zimbabweans celebrate late into the night after Robert Mugabe resigns, ending 37-year rule.

Instead of getting irate when their flight was delayed, these Canadian passengers had a singalong.

Victoria's Secret held its annual show in Shanghai on Monday - it's first fashion event in China.

The jumbo jets ended up on an e-shopping website after a court failed to sell them offline.

He raced across the border on foot, closely pursued by North Korean troops who shot him several times.

Three service members are reportedly being reassigned following the incident in Asia.

The story of a Serb who has opened a culture centre in Sarajevo.

BBC Test Match Special summariser and former England captain Michael Vaughan gives advice on how to survive an Ashes tour in Australia.

Marc Cayeux tells BBC Sport about his incredible recovery from a car crash that needed 27 operations and left him an inch shorter.

England name seamer Jake Ball in their side for the first Ashes Test, while Australia call up Glenn Maxwell as cover for David Warner.

Sevilla confirm head coach Eduardo Berizzo has cancer following his side's dramatic comeback against Liverpool in the Champions League.

Rescuers raced to get to the plane which ditched in seas off the remote Japanese reef of Okinotori.

Ratko Mladic, the former Serbian army general, orchestrated the worst atrocities in post-war Europe.

The incoming leader hails a new era and praises the army for removing Robert Mugabe peacefully.

England's women are through to the semi-finals of the World Cup, despite a shock defeat by the Cook Islands in their final group game.