Fans of English novelist Jane Austen have been celebrating the anniversary of her birth 250 years ago.
Fighting intensifies as humanitarian crisis deepens with cholera outbreak and mass displacement.
New York Knicks end their more-than-half-a-century trophy drought in the NBA with a victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
Report finds warmest temperatures, loss of snow cover as US joins arctic countries to push ahead with oil drilling.
Fifty-nine charges are being introduced after the deadly shooting that also wounded dozens of others.
On December 17, 2010, Tunisian vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, triggering protests across the Arab world.
Noble laureate's son says military must 'prove' Suu Kyi is healthy after years in detention following military coup.
At least 33 poll officials have died since launch of criticised revision of electoral rolls, many of them by suicide.
White House's Susie Wiles gives bombshell interview about US administration, including Trump's views on Putin, Ukraine.
Judge sentences Harvard Medical School morgue manager for stealing organs and various body parts for sale to others.