Africa
Al-Shabab extremists claim deadly attack on Nairobi hotel
Extremists stormed a luxury hotel in Kenya's capital on Tuesday
China reports outbreak of African swine fever virus
Protein powder made from pork blood detected with swine fever virus.
World Toilet Day highlights global sanitation crisis
The toilet crisis is most severe in parts of Africa and Asia facing extreme poverty and seeing a population boom.
Africa's iconic baobab trees dying off at alarming rate
Climate change is a suspected factor but no definite cause is known.
World's oldest colours discovered
The team from the Australian National University made the discovery.
Boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa
All three asteroids were discovered through the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona.
France weighs how to return Africa's plundered art
From London to Berlin, Europe's museums are packed with hundreds of thousands of colonial-era items.
New weapon in malaria fight - a better bed net
The vast majority of deaths were in children under the age of five in the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell urges Vogue to launch African edition
The global fashion industry has attracted criticism in the past because most models for major designers and fashion houses are white.
More boys suffer online sex abuse than thought: study
The report added that the younger the child, whether a boy or a girl, the "abuse was more likely to be severe".