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New report confirms grim outlook for elephants
Elephant populations in Africa have declined by around 111,000 over the past ten years according to a new study presented at the Cites meeting in South Africa. READ MORESyria conflict: Russia 'may have committed war crime' - Johnson
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson suggests that Russia may have committed a war crime in Syria, if it was behind an attack on an aid convoy near Aleppo. READ MOREChina's colossal radio telescope begins testing
The world's largest radio telescope has received its first signals from space and is now entering an intensive testing phase. READ MOREBoko Haram's Shekau says he is 'in good health' following claim of his death
The disputed leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram releases a video denying claims he had been killed or badly wounded in air strike. READ MOREOlympic gold medal cyclists get married
Cycling's golden couple Laura Trott and Jason Kenny have got married. READ MOREBush asks Obama for selfie help
When former President George W Bush was asked to take a selfie with a group of people at the opening of the African-American museum in Washington, he had to ask for help. READ MOREBill Nunn, actor in Spike Lee and Spider Man films, dies
US actor Bill Nunn, who featured in Spider Man and films by the director Spike Lee, dies aged 63. READ MOREJordan writer in blasphemy case Nahid Hattar killed
A Jordanian writer charged with offending Islam after sharing a satirical cartoon on his Facebook page is killed in the capital Amman. READ MORESwiss vote in referendum on new surveillance law
Swiss voters are deciding in a referendum whether to back new surveillance powers for the country's intelligence agencies. READ MOREWiggins: 'Drugs were to cure medical condition'
Sir Bradley Wiggins defends his use of medical certificates which allowed him to take otherwise banned substances to treat his asthma. READ MOREBosnian Serb referendum on disputed 9 January holiday
Bosnian Serbs are voting on whether to maintain 9 January as a national holiday in defiance of Bosnia's highest court. READ MORESir Bradley Wiggins: No unfair advantage from drug
Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins tells the BBC he was not trying to gain an unfair advantage from being allowed to use a banned steroid before major races. READ MORE
