World News

May 21 2013 - 2:03pm

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan orders the release of all women held over "terrorist activity" - a Boko Haram condition for holding peace talks.

May 21 2013 - 1:40pm

Apple boss Tim Cook defends its tax strategy at a Senate hearing, after the tech giant is accused of being among America's largest tax avoiders.

May 21 2013 - 1:29pm

Three fraudsters are jailed for making 50,000 fake £1 coins in what police describe as the biggest plot of its kind.

May 21 2013 - 1:24pm

Mahatma Gandhi's last will and testament sells for more than £50,000 as dozens of Gandhi memorabilia is sold at auction.

May 21 2013 - 1:03pm

A conman who fleeced more than £170,000 out of women he met on a website for "sugar daddies" is jailed for seven years.

May 21 2013 - 1:00pm

The latest international business headlines from BBC World News.

May 21 2013 - 12:50pm

The number of women in Afghanistan jailed for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the past 18 months, says Human Rights Watch.

May 21 2013 - 12:31pm

CEO Tim Cook has spoken out in defence of Apple, after a Senate committee accused the company of using "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes.

May 21 2013 - 12:28pm

A far-right historian shoots himself dead inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in the French capital, police say, causing its evacuation.

May 21 2013 - 12:21pm

Spain's Benat Intxausti wins stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia as Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall control of the race.