Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died
Governing party candidate Danilo Medina leads the Dominican Republic presidential race, according to partial results.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ends a hectic week by getting married to long -time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony at his home.
Somali government soldiers are among five people killed in two bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu blamed on al-Shabab Islamist fighters.
IAEA head Yukiya Amano arrives in Tehran voicing optimism about reaching agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
24 hours of news photos: 18 May
A row breaks out over the sale of a rare dinosaur skeleton sold at auction in the US, with Mongolia's president saying it was smuggled out.
Veterans and families attended service
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was controversially freed from a Scottish prison.
Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan is due to make a statement on a green paper which could set out the future of the assembly's electoral arrangements.
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Listen to BBC Radio 5 live's coverage as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich on penalties to win the Champions League for the first time in their history.
West Ham celebrate promotion to the Premier League after a 2-1 play-off win over Blackpool, secured by Ricardo Vaz Te's dramatic late winner.
Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay hails the club's "phenomenal" players following their Champions League victory over Bayern Munich in a penalty shoot-out.
Interim manager Roberto Di Matteo praises Chelsea's "incredible achievement" after they beat Bayern Munich to win the Champions League, but the Italian refuses to be drawn on his long-term future at the club.
West Ham beat Blackpool 2-1 in the Championship play-off final at Wembley to gain promotion to the Premier League.
Britain's Jessica Ennis wins the 100m hurdles at the Manchester City Games but a missing hurdle prevents her personal best time of 12.75secs standing.
Yahama rider Jorge Lorenzo savours a "sweet" victory at the French MotoGP but admits it was a "lonely" and "long" ride at the front of a wet Le Mans.
Triple jumper Phillips Idowu makes a great start to the season with victory at the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai.
Britain's Dwayne Chambers finishes second to American Wallace Spearmon in the 150m at the Great City Games in Manchester.
British middleweight Savannah Marshall wins gold at the Women's World Boxing Championships in China.
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Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.
The French privacy watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, is to meet Google to scrutinise its controversial privacy policy changes.
LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.
Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC.
Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness.
The Government may miss its cloud computing targets because of a lack of enthusiasm from public sector IT staff, a report suggests.
MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet.
The creative brains studying at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in New York are showcasing their ideas for a smarter tomorrow.
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
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The UK's farming sector saw its overall profit rise by 25% last year, according to the National Farmers Union.
Budget airline Ryanair reports record annual profits as fare rises help to offset a sharp rise in fuel costs.
A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business leaders.
Your rights to a day off to mark the Diamond Jubilee
Political change in Calcutta isn't working for either
Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38.
US internet company Yahoo says it has reached a deal to sell part of its stake in China's biggest internet company Alibaba Group.
How did other internet companies fare after flotation?
Mortgage lending dropped away in April after a stamp duty concession led to an injection of activity earlier in the year, lenders say.
EU Economic Commissioner Olli Rehn has said the eurozone is taking "all necessary action in order to overcome" the debt crisis.
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