The discovery of an ancient bone at a burial site in Kenya puts the origin of human hand dexterity more than half a million years earlier than previously thought.

A blind man and his guide dog fall onto the New York City subway tracks but escape without serious injury after a train rolls over them.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is to seek loans during a visit to Russia, reports say, as pro-EU protests continue to grip Kiev.

The Indian parliament is due to debate tough new anti-corruption laws amid a fresh hunger strike by an anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare.

Six people are arrested following a deadly clash in China's restive western region of Xinjiang, officials say.

Fresh gunfire is heard overnight in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, a day after government said it quashed an attempted coup.

Members of the German parliament in Berlin confirm Angela Merkel as chancellor for a third term, at the head of a grand coalition.

Turkish police arrest the sons of three cabinet ministers as part of an investigation into alleged bribery relating to public tenders.