A man known as the "Westside rapist", who terrorised Los Angeles suburbs in the 1970s, is jailed for life on seven murder counts.

There are fierce clashes in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan as Laurent Gbagbo battles to hold off an assault by presidential rival Alassane Ouattara.

Mahendra Dhoni hits an unbeaten 91 as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in a pulsating Mumbai final to deliver World Cup glory to their cricket-mad population for the first time since 1983.

Syrian security forces make dozens of arrests, a day after renewed pro-democracy protests and clashes in several cities, activists say.

A Guatemalan court puts the first couple's divorce on hold after claims it is aimed at bypassing rules banning relatives from succeeding the president.

Brazil's biggest bank - the state-owned Banco do Brasil - is sued for allegedly funding illegal deforestation in the Amazon.

A former South African rugby star appears in court for allegedly hacking three men to death with an axe.

At least 800 people have been killed in the western Ivory Coast city of Duekoue this week, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.