A male pygmy hippopotamus has been shown to the public for the first time at Poland's Wroclaw Zoo.

Three bombs exploded during a Shia Muslim religious procession in Lahore killing 25 people and wounding about 150 others, officials say.

Police have shot a man who took hostages at the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in suburban Washington.

US President Barack Obama has vowed that "extremists and rejectionists" would not derail the relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

One hostage has been taken by a man with a handgun at the Discovery Channel headquarters building in suburban Washington say police.

A new video of 33 miners trapped underground in Chile shows they are in good health and spirits.

US Vice President Joe Biden has visited Iraq to mark the end of US combat operations.

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a burial site from ancient civilization that predates the Incas.

A Palestinian gunman has killed four Israelis on the eve of a new round of Middle East peace talks in Washington.

A Qantas jet headed for Australia returned safely to San Francisco Airport after sparks started coming the engine.

Rescuers have begun drilling an escape shaft to save 33 miners trapped after a cave-in at Chile's San Jose gold and copper mine.

President Barack Obama has declared an end to the seven-year US combat mission in Iraq.