Spain's top criminal court is to hear a case brought by Tibetan rights activists who allege that China's former President Hu Jintao committed genocide in Tibet.

Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who was serving a life sentence for his role in a WWII massacre, dies in Italy aged 100, his lawyer says.

The US general in charge of long-range nuclear missiles is fired due to "loss of trust", the second senior military sacking this week.

Foxconn, the world's biggest contract electronics maker, says student intern shifts at a factory in China were in violation of its company policies.

More than 200,000 people in India are being evacuated as a massive cyclone is sweeping through the Bay of Bengal towards the east coast.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's lawyers ask the International Criminal Court to halt his trial, claiming intimidation of defence witnesses.

African elephants demonstrate what appears to be an instinctive understanding of human gestures, according to UK scientists.

The discovery in Nigeria of nine lost episodes of 1960s Doctor Who includes the classic story The Web of Fear, in which Patrick Troughton's Doctor battles robot yeti in the London Underground.