The US soldier accused of leaking government documents published by Wikileaks is to be moved to a prison in Kansas, officials say.

Proceedings are dropped against a policewoman accused of abusing the man whose suicide provoked Tunisia's revolution.

A plane carrying US First Lady Michelle Obama is forced to abort a planned landing near Washington after an apparent air traffic control error.

Scientists describe a 15cm-long Chinese spider that lived 165 million years ago - the biggest fossilised arachnid yet found.

Libya's foreign minister says a British plan to send a military team to advise rebels would harm chances of peace, as a humanitarian crisis worsens.

UN Security Council members call for restraint and dialogue between protesters and authorities in Yemen, but talks on the crisis end without agreement.

Japanese exports fall more than expected in March, as damage from last month's earthquake and tsunami affect shipments.

Taiwan says it is to train more than 100 coastguard troops in a disputed area of the South China Sea in sea combat and the prevention of amphibious attack.