Brittany Maynard, the terminally ill cancer patient whose viral YouTube video reignited the debate on assisted-suicide in the US, ended her life on Saturday.

The creative individuals who dream up hit video games are being called on by military planners to help visualise future wars.

North Korea may not be high on the list of destinations that most tourists would like to visit, but a tour operator which organises holidays there says business is booming.

US tightrope walker Nik Wallenda has successfully completed back-to-back high-wire walks above the city of Chicago, watched by thousands of people.

There has been speculation that the current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa may have been sparked by the handling of bushmeat.

More than 13 years after the original towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, New York's World Trade Center has re-opened for business.

Funerals have been talking place across Punjab province for some of those killed in Sunday's suicide attack at the Wagah crossing, the only road crossing between India and Pakistan.

Burkina Faso's military has said it will install a transitional government, days after it seized power as President Blaise Compaore resigned.

A 29-year-old British man accused of murdering two women in Hong Kong has been remanded in custody.

A pro-Russian separatist wins a leadership vote in eastern Ukraine, in an election which has been widely condemned.

Shumaila Jaffery reports from Lahore hospital after a suicide bombing close to Pakistan's only border crossing with India.

At least 24 people are killed and scores are missing after a boat believed to be carrying refugees sank off the north coast of Istanbul, officials say.

Virgin Galactic owner Sir Richard Branson tells BBC News claims in the media about an explosion were "quite hurtful".

Jiyar Gol visits a Turkish border village and hears from refugees from the besieged Syrian city of Kobane.

Activists are offering the world a look at events in Syria through the eyes of children in the form of a giant canvas covered with their original art work.

A project in London is trying to stop the number of young people going to fight in Syria and Iraq by tackling extremism.

Burkina Faso's military has said it will install a transitional government, days after it seized power as President Blaise Compaore's resigned.

The president of Guinea, where the first case of Ebola was recorded in West Africa, has welcomed the rush of international support for the three countries at the centre of the outbreak.

There are calls to scrap plans for Japan's 2020 Olympic Games stadium, as Rupert Wingfield-Hayes explains.

David Willis reports from the ground at the scene of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft crash in California's Mojave Desert.