Stephen Nelmes

The bus was travelling from Nairobi to Homa Bay on the banks of Lake Victoria when it flew off the road, rolled over and plunged down a hill.

Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.

German officials set a deadline for the Canadian singer to claim the monkey, as customs says the cost of care, food and vet visits for capuchin monkey Mally is several thousand euros.

Israeli police have held back hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men trying to prevent a Jewish women's group from praying at the holy site.

Mali's main Tuareg rebel group said it was no longer seeking to carve out a sovereign desert homeland, softening its stance as it seeks Western support.