China to "regulate" foreign NGOs with new law
Bill requires overseas NGOs to register with, and be approved by, authorities if they want to set up representative offices or operate temporarily
Germany to step up bird flu testing after new cases discovered
HEALTH-BIRDFLU/GERMANY:Germany to step up bird flu testing after new cases discovered
INTERVIEW-British tsunami brothers use funky footwear to help children
Brothers who survived tsunami are opening centre for children in Sri Lanka as part of their "Orphans for Orphans" mission
VIDEO: Pakistani minister warns of further militant attacks
Christians hold prayer services for the victims of a Taliban massacre at a school that left 132 children dead, as Pakistan's interior minister warns of further militant attacks
VIDEO: Sierra Leone midwives return to work in Ebola hotspot
Maternity nurses who fled the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone's remote Kono District return to work clad in full protective gear
Iraqi Kurds, Yazidis fight Islamic State for strategic town of Sinjar
Seizing the town of Sinjar would restore the majority of territory Iraq's Kurds lost in August
A rebel fighter carries his weapon after clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Ramouseh, an area located beside Aleppo Artillery school
A rebel fighter carries his weapon after clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Ramouseh, an area located beside Aleppo Artillery school December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Sultan Kitaz (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Libya's official government targets rival forces trying to seize ports
Libya's government forces are attacking soldiers allied to a rival government based in Tripoli
Four militants hanged in Pakistan as execution campaign widens
None of the Islamists executed had links with the Taliban attack on a school earlier this week that killed 132 children
Lebanon says it needs French helicopters quickly to fight jihadis
Lebanon has few resources to deal with the instability on its border