A 25-year-old German woman has her jaw broken in a stone attack on taxi in south Belfast, police in the city say.

A chronology of the deadliest stampedes of recent times, after scores of devotees die in a crush at a Hindu religious festival in northern India.

More than 60 hauliers arrive in Edinburgh after a protest convoy along the M8 over the cost of fuel.

A senior Lebanese police intelligence officer and three others die in a powerful car bomb in east Beirut.

The BBC News website looks at some of the deadliest incidents to hit the Hajj in recent years.

At least six people die as a recently-built flyover collapses in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

Time to rethink those dreams of becoming an astronaut. Space chiefs planning a trip to Mars want to lock a group of volunteers away for 500 days to see what prolonged boredom does to us. Suddenly, Big Brother seems quite appealing.

Arming the Iraqi army is an important part of the plan to modernise Iraq's security services and make them self-sufficient, the BBC's James Shaw reports.

Rugby team mates of a schoolboy killed in a car crash are to "retire" his shirt number as a tribute to him.

A 42-year-old man and his teenage son are killed when their car collides with a concrete pillar.

A Latvian man dies and two people are taken to hospital following a road accident in Perthshire.

An anti-crime measure has emptied Lagos's streets of motorbike taxis after dark, to the anger of commuters.

The BBC sees damage in a south Lebanese town caught up in fighting - and signs of Hezbollah's influence.

Summary of the main Lebanese infrastructure damaged by Israeli bombing since the conflict began on 12 July, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs.

Jersey Police are looking for youths who may have interfered with a bus emergency door causing a woman to fall from the vehicle.

The San Francisco Bay Area knows it must prepare for the strong likelihood that there will be a repeat of the great earthquake of 1906.

David Livermore's late goal earns Millwall a potentially priceless point at Ipswich.

A look at what's making the headlines in Tuesday's morning newspapers.

The Gaza withdrawal is due to start in a few months, but the settlers are expected to put up a stiff resistance.

Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu, winner of Romania's presidential poll, has a reputation for fighting corruption.