European stock markets dive as Japan's earthquake threatens to undermine supply chains for global manufacturers.

Italy prevents a ferry carrying 1,800 people fleeing Libya from docking in Sicily as 41 migrants are feared drowned off Tunisia.

Egypt's interior ministry dissolves the country's notorious internal security agency, which has been accused of human rights abuses.

Parents of a terminally ill Canadian boy transfer him to a US Catholic hospital after an Ontario court rules doctors can remove a breathing tube keeping him alive.

A third explosion in four days hits a nuclear plant in northern Japan that was damaged in Friday's earthquake, amid fears of a meltdown.

Cuba devalues its currency by 8% in relation to the US dollar as part of efforts to revive its economy.

The Bangladeshi Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus against a High Court decision to uphold his sacking.

Brazil's former central bank chief, Henrique Meirelles, is appointed to lead preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.