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Nepal earthquake: stranded Everest climbers rescued – live updates
Melbourne woman Renu Fotedar killed in Nepal earthquake
Vienna's Karl Marx Hof: architecture as politics and ideology - a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 24
Mini-cyclone kills at least 45 people in north Pakistan
North Korea accused of upping 'material support' for terrorism
Nepal earthquake victims' families cremate loved ones in Kathmandu – video
Nepal earthquake: how have you been affected?
Bali Nine: diplomatic effort intensifies for Australians and other foreigners due to face firing squad
Deutsche Bank to slash investment banking assets and float Postbank
Bucharest international Feline beauty contest – in pictures
Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali – review
Ethiopia’s jailing of Zone 9 bloggers has a chilling effect on freedom of expression
Nepal earthquake: fears grow for uncontacted villages as more than 3,600 confirmed dead
Nepal earthquake: Julie Bishop announces $5m for humanitarian relief – video
Boy with autism who faces deportation hand-delivers letter to Peter Dutton
Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev returned with 97.7% of vote
Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets, documents reveal
Centenary stand: female activists head for the Hague to set a new peace agenda
No rules, no limits: Georgia's muddy, bloody game of Lelo – in pictures
Britain should be wary of borrowing education ideas from abroad

Nepal earthquake: stranded Everest climbers rescued – live updates

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:25 AM PDT

Aftershocks hinder rescue efforts in the Himalayan nation as death toll passes 3,700 after a devastating 7.8 magnitude quake near Kathmandu

Thousands need shelter in country little able to cope
Aftershocks hinder rescue efforts
Helicopters reach stranded climbers on Everest
Victims include: three Americans, one Japanese and a Australian

Melbourne woman Renu Fotedar killed in Nepal earthquake

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:24 AM PDT

Forty-nine-year-old mother of two, last seen at Everest base camp, is among the thousands killed in the devastating quake

Vienna's Karl Marx Hof: architecture as politics and ideology - a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 24

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:23 AM PDT

This mid-rise block of flats looked like a fortress years before it actually became a besieged holdout against the Nazis in the brief Austrian civil war of 1934

Mini-cyclone kills at least 45 people in north Pakistan

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:20 AM PDT

Pakistani military teams join rescue operation after unusal storm tears through Peshawar, damaging buildings and bringing down power lines

North Korea accused of upping 'material support' for terrorism

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:18 AM PDT

A new report urges Washington to consider placing Pyongyang back on list of state sponsors of terror after arms deals and cyber attacks

Nepal earthquake victims' families cremate loved ones in Kathmandu – video

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:06 AM PDT

Families in Kathmandu queue on Sunday to cremate their loved ones following Nepal's devastating earthquake in which more than 3,000 people are known to have died. Bodies lie side by side wrapped in orange cloth. One young man cremates his 21-year-old girlfriend at the holy site of Pashupatinath on the river Bagmati. She was crushed when the walls of a school fell on her. Pete Pattisson reports Continue reading...

Nepal earthquake: how have you been affected?

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:03 AM PDT

Following Nepal's worst earthquake in 80 years, we'd like to hear from people in the country or with family members there. Share your stories with GuardianWitness

Bali Nine: diplomatic effort intensifies for Australians and other foreigners due to face firing squad

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 01:46 AM PDT

Along with one Indonesian, two Australians, four Nigerians, a Brazilian and a Philippines citizen could be shot as early as midnight on Tuesday local time

Last-ditch diplomatic efforts to spare some of the eight foreign nationals scheduled to face a firing squad in Indonesia for drug offences have intensified as the end of a 72-hour notice period looms.

Along with Indonesian Zainul Abidin, four Nigerians, two Australians, a Brazilian and a Philippines citizen could be shot as early as midnight on Tuesday local time.

Deutsche Bank to slash investment banking assets and float Postbank

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 01:36 AM PDT

In the wake of a $2.5bn Libor-rigging fine, Germany's largest bank is under pressure from investors to follow rivals by culling unprofitable operations

Bucharest international Feline beauty contest – in pictures

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 01:30 AM PDT

Associated Press photographer Vadim Ghirda attended Bucharest International Feline beauty competition, with more than 250 cats gathered in the Romanian capital to compete for glory

Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali – review

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 01:00 AM PDT

This call for historic reform, by one of Islam's most divisive critics, only highlights the scale of the task

Ethiopia’s jailing of Zone 9 bloggers has a chilling effect on freedom of expression

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 12:58 AM PDT

Group calling for greater rights and democracy faces terrorism charges as Addis Ababa becomes wary of media that criticises ruling government Continue reading...

Nepal earthquake: fears grow for uncontacted villages as more than 3,600 confirmed dead

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 12:50 AM PDT

Unicef warns that nearly one million children have been severely affected by the worst earthquake to hit the country in more than 80 years and there are now fears of waterborne and infectious diseases

The death toll in the Nepal earthquake rose to more than 3,600 on Monday and could climb higher as fears grow for the fate of people living in remote villages that remain out of the reach of search and rescue teams.

The earthquake – Nepal's worst in more than 80 years – also injured more than 6,500 people and left thousands sleeping in the open while authorities battled against time to rescue anyone still alive beneath the rubble.

Nepal earthquake: Julie Bishop announces $5m for humanitarian relief – video

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 12:08 AM PDT

Australia's foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has announced $5m in 'immediate life saving humanitarian assistance' for Nepal following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 3,200 people. She also said Australia has offered search and rescue capabilities and will continue to assess the situation in the event that more help is needed Continue reading...

Boy with autism who faces deportation hand-delivers letter to Peter Dutton

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 11:33 PM PDT

Minister also receives petition with more than 122,000 signatures from 10-year-old whose mother's visa renewal application was rejected because of son's autism

Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev returned with 97.7% of vote

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 11:28 PM PDT

The 74-year-old former steelworker has ruled the nation since independence from the Soviet Union and was virtually unchallenged in election

Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets, documents reveal

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Weak European renewable energy goals originated with Shell lobby pitch for gas – not renewable energy – to provide pathway for decarbonisation, access to information papers show

Centenary stand: female activists head for the Hague to set a new peace agenda

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

At a conference marking the centenary of the historic 1915 Congress of Women, female peacemakers will discuss conflict resolution and security

No rules, no limits: Georgia's muddy, bloody game of Lelo – in pictures

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Dating back 300 years, the sport was once played all across the country. Now held just once a year in one village, it still attracts large crowds and plenty of injuries