Snow, ice and freezing temperatures have stranded tens of thousands of travellers across northern Europe ahead of the Christmas break.

Unofficial US envoy Bill Richardson says North Korea is moving in the right direction, after a "positive" visit to Pyongyang.

Julian Assange tells the BBC he is fighting a Swedish extradition warrant because he believes "no natural justice" would occur in Sweden.

Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o becomes the first man to be named African Player of the Year for a fourth time.

The Iraqi parliament is due to vote on the composition of its new government, more than nine months after inconclusive elections.

Toyota agrees to pay a record fine in the US of $32.4m over its handling of millions of car recalls.

The Belarus authorities jail some 600 demonstrators for up to two weeks after protests against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.

The Australian government is to pay "substantial" damages to an Indian doctor who was wrongly charged over a failed UK bomb plot in 2007.