At least 23 killed in Yemen suicide bombing-state news agency
No one claimed responsibility for attack, but it resembles bombings carried out by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Liberia suspends Ebola curfew to allow New Year's Eve worship
Curfew introduced in September at height of epidemic that has killed more than 3,400 people in Liberia and at least 4,400 more in Sierra Leone and Guinea
India to track toilet use with tablets
About 626 million Indians defecate in the open compared with 14 million in China, the World Health Organization said in a 2012 report
Four migrants found dead on packed cargo ship brought to Italy
Blue Sky M was carrying estimated 900 migrants when spotted drifting near the coast of Corfu
Mudslides, flash floods kill at least 53 in Philippines
Tropical storm Jangmi prompted evacuation of more than 86,000 people in Surigao del Sur, Bohol and Cebu provinces
Palestinian statehood resolution fails at UN council, U.S. votes against
Eight votes in favor, including France, Russia and China, two against and five abstentions, among them Britain
INSIGHT: As US-led combat mission ends, Afghan women fear oppression
Huge progress made in female education and putting women in positions of authority, yet women fear rights rollback
Turkey's top judicial body suspends graft probe prosecutors - agency
Erdogan has cast corruption scandal as 'a coup attempt'
Kremlin critic Navalny given suspended sentence, brother jailed
Navalny brothers were accused of stealing 30 million roubles ($500,000) from two firms including affiliate of French cosmetics company Yves Rocher
Boko Haram kills 15 in northeast Nigerian town - witnesses
Attack targeted Kautikari, just 10 kilometres from the village of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April