The US joins the EU in widening its sanctions on Belarus leaders, following a crackdown on dissent after December's election.

Undercover New York investigators bought pistols from an Arizona gun fair without undergoing a background check, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

A federal judge in Florida declares the US healthcare reform bill passed in 2010 unconstitutional, in a suit brought by 26 states.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States has no plans to suspend aid to Haiti despite the continuing crisis over the disputed presidential election in the Caribbean nation.

Mark Zuckerberg meets Jesse Eisenberg for the first time while recording Saturday Night Live.

Omani authorities say they have uncovered a spy network working for the United Arab Emirates, though the UAE denies any knowledge of it.

The Colombian navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine, which was being smuggled on a speedboat from the jungle province of Choco.

Two of the most senior surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge appear in court in Cambodia to request release from pre-trial detention.