Pakistan Pakistan: 'More than 100' children killed as Taliban attack Peshawar school The Pakistani Taliban have attacked a military-run school in Peshawar, killing dozens of students. The prime minister has called the massacre a "national tragedy". 16/12/2014
World News Sydney siege: Who is Man Haron Monis? Sydney hostage-taker Man Haron Monis was implicated in the 2014 murder of his ex-wife and on bail awaiting trial for 40 counts of sexual and indecent assault. 15/12/2014
West Bank Palestinian acid attack injures Jewish children near Jerusalem A Jewish family of six has been the victim of a suspected acid attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank injuring a father and his four young girls 12/12/2014
Afghanistan Afghanistan: Suicide bomb blast hits French-run school in Kabul A suicide bomb attack has targeted a French-run high school in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least one person. Hours earlier six Afghan 11/12/2014
World News Rebel raid on Chechen capital Grozny leaves 20 people dead At least 20 people were killed in Chechnya - 10 police and 10 suspected militants - after heavily-armed rebels stormed the turbulent Russian region's capital, Grozny. 04/12/2014
World News Chechen rebels stage deadly attack on Grozny ahead of big Putin speech At least 19 people have been killed as security forces battled rebels who stormed the Chechen capital Grozny ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the union address. 04/12/2014
Israel Two Israeli shoppers wounded in Jerusalem supermarket attack A police spokeswomen said that a 16-year-old Palestinian boy stabbed two people believed to be Israelis before being shot by an off-duty security guar 03/12/2014
Kenya Carnage in Kenya as al-Shabab massacre 36 non-Muslim quarry workers Al-Shabab militants have killed 36 non-Muslim quarry workers in the Kenyan town of Mandera. Residents of the area close to the Somali border say the 02/12/2014