Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.
Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to help win snap election Calling of a snap election was not a knee-jerk reaction from Pedro Sánchez but a carefully thought-out manoeuvre, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Madrid.
Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.
US Marine arrested over murder of woman in Okinawa, Japan Japan's government lodged a formal protest with the US, demanding that military officials take action.
Why pastors may not be seen - or heard - preaching on Ghana's buses for much longer Ghana is a predominantly Christian country where preaching on public transport is widespread.
I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived.
Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.
What happened in the failed execution of Christa Pike - and what next? The convicted killer is in hospital in Tennessee after surviving two lethal injections, in a case that has raised many questions.
Japan raises permanent residency fee by 20 times The hikes are part of immigration policy changes introduced to manage Japan's growing foreign population.
The children dying in India's remote tribal heartland At least 32 children have died in India's Balaghat district since May amid outbreaks of measles and malaria.
Last UK and US troops leave Iraq as anti-Islamic State mission ends The withdrawal of coalition forces, under a deal agreed two years ago, was a key demand of the Iraqi government.
Flydubai passenger describes putting attacker in chokehold after cockpit stabbing Other passengers on the Israel-bound flight described the "terrifying" moment the plane dropped.
Fires and blockades as students stage school protests across France More than 400 people, mainly minors, were arrested on Tuesday, the country's interior minister says.