The Moscow Metro is used by millions of Russian commuters every day - but is often described as an underground art museum. Steve Rosenberg looks around.

Thousands of people have attended a concert in Cyprus to help those hardest-hit by the island's financial crisis.

An 80-year-old Japanese climber who has had heart surgery four times is to attempt to climb Mount Everest.

A "special message" from the US President turned out to be a spoof with nine-year old YouTube sensation known as Kid President.

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle have taken part in the annual White House Easter egg roll.

The unlikely location of Kashmir is making a name for itself as one of the worlds top ski destinations.

India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea by Novartis to patent an updated version of its cancer drug, Glivec.

Lucy Williamson reports from the border between North and South Korea, as South Korea's president promises a swift military response to any provocation from the North.

A bag snatcher has managed to escape after running through the glass door of a Perth shopping centre.

Manchester anaesthetist, Dr Hilary Eason, has just returned from Australia as a flying doctor where she featured in the new BBC series Helicopter Heroes Down Under.

Connor Green, six, has beaten people three times his age in table tennis matches despite only playing for just over a year.

More adult volunteers are needed for the 35,000 young people currently waiting to join the scouting movement, which already has well over half a million members.

Brighton and Hove Albion supporters step up their campaign to tackle the issue of homophobic abuse.

Ex-foreign secretary David Miliband has resigned from the board of Sunderland football club over new manager Paolo Di Canio's "past political statements".

A day of national mourning has been declared on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, where at least 11 people have died in severe floods.

A district attorney has been shot dead in Texas, the third person connected to local justice system to be killed in recent weeks

People in Burma will have a choice of daily newspapers for the first time in 50 years from 1 April.

A police officer is suing a petrol station owner after apparently tripping on a kerb on his property when called to reports of a suspected break-in.

A London taxi driver who lived next to the Tower Bridge for 37 years got a chance to raise the bridge.

Churches across South Africa are to hold prayers for Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for four days being treated for pneumonia.