A surgeon charged with the alleged trafficking of human organs in Kosovo is arrested and bailed in his native Turkey.

A copyright case between an artist who created an iconic image of President Obama and the Associated Press news agency is dismissed.

Susana Chavez, a woman activist who highlighted the killings of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez in the 1990s, is found murdered in the border city.

The US economy continued to grow moderately in December, but the weak housing market was still acting as a brake, says the Federal Reserve.

A new James Bond film, which will star Daniel Craig as 007 for the third time, has been given the go-ahead and is due to be released in November 2012.

Former US President Bill Clinton says he is frustrated at slow reconstruction in Haiti, a year after the devastating earthquake, but things are picking up.

Fresh protests have broken out in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, where authorities are facing the most serious unrest for decades.

Up to 20,000 homes may now be hit in Brisbane, officials say, as deadly floodwaters surge towards Australia's third city.