As the battle for Mosul continues, there is growing outcry over the high civilian death toll, with many residents reporting intense coalition airstrikes that are killing and wounding families being held by Islamic State as human shields.

A Kyrgyz-born suicide bomber was behind a blast on the St Petersburg subway that killed 14 people and injured dozens more, Russian investigators say.

For the first time ever a film crew has been granted full access to Kerobokan jail in the centre of Bali's tourist mecca. Foreign Correspondent meets five prisoners who call the space inside these walls home.

A robotic geologist and two miniature satellites launch from California on a six-month mission to study the temperature and geological stability of Mars.

A beekeeper keeps his cool as he is forced to drive 65 kilometres with 3,000 bees loose and flying around inside the cab of his truck after they escaped from their containers.