The suspected head of an organised crime group based in the southern region of Puglia has been arrested, Italian police say.

The Austrian capital Vienna announces plans to erect a memorial in honour of soldiers who deserted from Hitler's army, the Wehrmacht.

A New York taxi driver picks up the fare of a lifetime - $5,000 (£3,000) to drive two friends across the US to California.

At least four people are injured after a bomb explodes outside the entrance of a Catholic church in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Thousands of mourners visit the south Indian ashram where the body of revered guru Sri Satya Sai Baba is being put on display.

Small lasers capable of igniting a fuel/air mixture more efficiently, resulting in less pollution, are demonstrated at a conference in the United States.

Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 10 people in southern Brazil, officials say.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls on Cambodia and Thailand to declare a ceasefire, as border clashes erupt for a third day.