Colombian security forces seize more than 12 tonnes of cocaine in Cartagena, one of the largest shipments of the drug ever intercepted in Colombia.

The former head of the International Monetary Fund is released from a New York City jail after posting $1m cash bail.

Syria denounces sanctions imposed on President Bashar al-Assad by the European Union, saying they would "harm the Syrian people".

Nato launches some of its biggest air strikes yet on Libya's capital Tripoli, with UK and French attack helicopters also set to join the campaign.

Teenagers' behaviour in classrooms is getting better rather than worse - according to an OECD study which places Japan at the top of a global behaviour league.

The noisy horns used by football fans celebrating the World Cup may spread diseases via fine droplets of saliva, say experts.

Tokyo Electric Power confirms there were extra partial meltdowns in fuel rods at its damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

A group of Burmese political prisoners stage a hunger strike over living conditions, as the UN warns that rights abuses are still widespread.