Haiti's cholera epidemic has spread to the country's largest prison in the capital Port-au-Prince, the Red Cross says.

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi angers art lovers by ordering "plastic surgery" on two ancient Roman statues housed in his official Rome residence.

A Colombian man is shot dead in church while attending a memorial mass, in what police believe could have been a revenge attack.

Nato members prepare to meet in Portugal for one of the most crucial summits of the alliance's history - with Afghanistan topping the agenda.

The bodies of three people who vanished a week ago in the US state of Ohio are found in garbage bags stuffed in a hollow tree trunk.

A UN's human rights committee criticises Burma's recent elections and expresses "grave concern" over human rights in the country.

Mexican authorities are selling off a huge quantity of confiscated jewels, planes, cars and other luxury items, some seized from drug traffickers.

Police in Brazil say they have arrested 22 people as part of an 18-month effort to break an international drug syndicate.