Four men are arrested after a tonne of cocaine, thought to be worth £63m, is seized off the south west coast of Ireland.

Dubai has constructed the first environment friendly mosque in a region which is among the worst polluters in the world

New recommendations on dealing with the residues of pesticides in food are expected to be made by the UN's food and health agencies.

The family of Ghoncheh Ghavami, a British-Iranian woman being held in Iran after going to a men's volleyball match, appeal for her release.

The "Constructing Worlds" exhibition opening at London's Barbican Centre features powerful photographs of modern architecture, from the first skyscrapers in New York to the tower blocks of Venezuela, to modern construction around China's Three Gorges Dam.

BBC Pop Up reports on the consequences and impact of Colorado's new gun control laws

The BBC's Manveen Rana spoke to a man from Raqqa shortly after US air strikes hit the city.

The International Criminal Court has opened a formal probe into war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Japan's Air Self Defence Force has marked the 60th anniversary of its founding with a display using plane-shaped scooters.

The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones takes a look at Blackberry's latest smartphone, which it calls Passport.

The BBC's Rami Ruhayem says after witnessing thousands of refugees fleeing IS militants in Syria over recent days, today he saw people crossing back into the country from Turkey.

Abba Abashi a Liberian-Nigerian student in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has been speaking with the BBC about his efforts to maintain contact with family members in Liberia

More than 3,000 Yazidi women and children have been captured by Islamic State militants and are being trafficked for sex, the BBC learns.

Indian scientists successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, becoming only the fourth space agency to do so.

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is expected to be released 'within hours' after a Jordanian court ruled there was insufficient evidence against him.

The French transport minister Alain Vidalies has said in a radio interview that Air France is withdrawing its plans to develop its Transavia Europe budget unit, that are at the heart of a labour dispute with pilots.

The head of a large UK haulage firm has said the number of illegal immigrants trying to enter the UK is the worst he's ever seen.

India successfully puts its first satellite in orbit around Mars, after Mangalyaan's 10-month mission from Earth.

California startup Melon has developed a personal activity monitor in the form of a brainwave headband.

Indonesians are protesting against a proposed bill to abolish local direct elections, the BBC's Alice Budisatrijo reports