After seizing the strategic border town of Uvira, M23 rebels are now pushing further south along Lake Tanganyika.
A 90th minute goal by Marcus Rashford ensured defending champions Barcelona held off Copa del Rey minnows Guadalajara.
Rescuers save six Palestinians, including two children, in Gaza City's Shati refugee camp after family home collapses.
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.