Missile detonated as bomb squad officers tried to dismantle it, foreign journalist among dead

Maryam Mirzakhani is one of four winners announced by the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Police say team of 15 mountain rescuers had to climb some 2,500m above sea level to help deliver the baby

US media reports said Bacall died after suffering a stroke at her home in New York on Tuesday morning.

The extremist group had managed to seize six villages north of the city, not far from the border of Turkey.

Women abandoning traditional religious dress after spate of suicide bombings by girls with explosives under hijab

Ferry was only licensed to carry 85 passengers, but was packed with more than 200 people

The mountain in northern Iraq is besieged by Islamic State militants

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Cairo will readdress thorny issue of ceasefire and Israel's Gaza blockade today

The announcement came before West African regional bloc ECOWAS said one of its officials had died from the disease.