The RSPCA appeal for information after a dog is found shot dead on a mountain road... plus more news in brief from around Wales.

The body of a woman found dead during a fire at a house on South Tyneside has been identified.

Al-Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan and another top aide are believed to have been killed, US intelligence sources say.

Palestinians injured in Israeli air strikes in Gaza tell the BBC's Rushdie Aboualaf how they survived without food or water for several days.

Leonidas Vargas, a once powerful Colombian drug trafficker, is shot dead in his hospital bed in the Spanish capital Madrid.

Rates of a potentially fatal sheep disease show an increase in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.

A private memorial service is held in Florida for Hollywood actor John Travolta's son Jett, dead at 16 from a seizure.

BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen is writing a diary of the conflict between Hamas and Israel.

Two women and a man are killed in separate fires at properties in Bradford, the emergency services say.

The editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper often critical of the government is shot dead in the capital, Colombo.

A gunman shoots dead a school principal and another teacher at a school in Budapest, Hungarian police say.

A coroner records a verdict of unlawful killing in the death of an unemployed man shot dead at his home in Kent.

The RSPCA investigates a "callous and horrific attack" after two kittens were found dead in Nottingham.

Iggy Pop and the Stooges pay tribute to guitarist Ron Asheton who was found dead at his home on Tuesday.

French motorcyclist Pascal Terry is found dead three days after going missing during the Dakar Rally.

An African Union peacekeeper is killed in the Somali capital as a UN worker is shot dead in a separate attack.

Many children are among the dead and injured in the conflict in Gaza, and psychiatrists are warning that some children on both sides may never recover from the psychological damage done as the bombs, shells and rockets fall, reports the BBC's Heather Sharp.

One person dies and two others are taken to hospital with head injuries after being struck by vehicles on the M4 in Berkshire.

A man who barricaded himself into a Sheffield flat is found dead by police as they enter the property.

A 34-year-old man has been charged with murder after a 61-year-old was found dead at a guest house in Newcastle.