Why one remote Indian temple is issuing certificates

Why fear haunts the mysterious men of the dunes

Iran has unveiled a new home-made combat aircraft, which officials say can evade radar.

Kathy Etchingham remembers life as Jimi Hendrix's 'Foxy Lady'

Protests break out in Spanish cities after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed not to resign over "false claims" that he received secret payments.

A physics prize for school students is to be launched in honour of world-renowned scientist Prof Peter Higgs.

Some welfare-to-work advisers are inappropriately telling the unemployed to become self-employed, a BBC investigation has found.

Eight more people are arrested over the fatal stabbing of a teenager who was attacked by a gang in central London last weekend.

Forensic workers in Mexico hand over the bodies of the victims of Thursday's blast at Pemex headquarters to their relatives for burial.

Turkish police arrest nine people after a female US tourist who disappeared 10 days ago is found dead in Istanbul, reports say.

Mali beat hosts South Africa on penalties in quarters-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, as Ghana go through against Cape Verde.

Israeli President Shimon Peres asks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government following last month's parliamentary election.

French President Francois Hollande visits Timbuktu

The White House tweets a picture of Barack Obama skeet-shooting - seemingly to settle a row about whether the president had fired a gun before.

Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib is invited to Moscow during his first direct talks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.

Wayne Rooney scores a late winner at Fulham to increase Manchester United's Premier League lead to 10 points.

Peter Hartley and James Poole score to give Hartlepool an appropriate victory against Notts County.

French President Francois Hollande promises to help rebuild Mali, after launching an offensive against Islamists who seized the north of the country.

England coach Stuart Lancaster says his side's win over Scotland is a direct result of beating New Zealand last autumn.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt uses a new book to call China an Internet menace that backs cyber-crime for economic and political gain, reports say.