Italy celebrates 80 years of national treasure Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren turned 80- a landmark birthday feted across Italy with celebrations of the beauty and talent of the country's revered cinema icon.
British celebrities pick sides in Scottish referendum
Scotland's independence debate has gripped the world of show business, pitting heavyweights such as Paul McCartney and Sean Connery on opposite sides.
Joan Rivers gets star-studded New York funeral
Fashion, film and comedy stars joined grieving relatives to say goodbye to comedy legend Joan Rivers at a New York funeral.
Humiliated pro-Ukraine woman still bears scars of abuse
Irina Dovgan stood on a street of the rebel-held city of Donetsk as passers-by punched, kickedand spat, sometimes crushing tomatoes in her face.
Goodbye Texas. Zeppelin's Robert Plant comes home to England
Robert Plant has come home to England from Texas.
Gunmen kill six worshippers at Pakistan shrine
Gunman opened fire on worshippers at a shrine in Pakistan, killing at least six members of a minority Islamic sect and wounding seven others.
Pollution, smoking, roads, obesity kill 4.7m Chinese a year
Air pollution, smoking, obesity and accidents, kill at least 4.7 million Chinese a year and cost the country tens of billions of dollars.
Japanese 111-year-old becomes oldest man
A Japanese man born months before the Wright brothers carried out the first human flight was recognised as the world's oldest male.
Argentines question past after stolen grandson found
The story of the Argentine activist who found her grandson has revived deep emotions for many, and caused others to question their identity.
Mountain life key to longevity for Kashmir's centenarians
The village of Chattah with around a dozen men and women claiming to be at least a century old.
More than 2.2 billion people 'poor or near-poor': UN report
More than 2.2 billion people are "poor or near-poor", with financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts threatening to exacerbate the problem, a United Nations report said.
Almost 7 million need aid in Sudan: UN
Worsening conflict in Darfur and an influx of people fleeing war in South Sudan helped push to almost seven million the number needing aid in Sudan, the UN said.
Google hit by 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests
More than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling, with some of the world biggest news sites the first to be hit.
Rinehart still Australia's richest despite losing Aus$2 bn
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$2.01 billion (US$1.89 billion) wiped off her fortune in the past year but remains Australia's wealthiest person, an annual rich list showed.
Churchill's last surviving child dies aged 91
Lady Mary Soames, the last surviving child of Britain's World War II prime minister Winston Churchill, has died at the age of 91, her family announced.
World's most ancient woman could be 120-year-old Guatemalan
A Guatemalan woman who used to pick coffee and tend sheep -- and who will turn 121 in November -- could be the world's oldest by far, a national newspaper reported.
Twin Nigeria car bombs kill at least 118
Twin car bombings in central Nigeria killed at least 118 people and brought entire buildings down Tuesday, in the latest affront to the government's internationally-backed security crackdown.
Viktor Sukhodrev, English voice of Soviet leaders, dies at 81
The legendary interpreter who served as the English-language voice of every Soviet leader from Nikita Khrushchev to Mikhail Gorbachev has died in Moscow aged 81.
Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas split
Prince Harry and his girlfriend of nearly two years, Cressida Bonas, have split up, Britain's Daily Telegraph and US magazine People reported.