A European court overturns an asset freeze imposed on the second wife of ousted Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, Nadiany Bamba.

The jury is set to begin deliberations in the trial of Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, accused of a role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

US police say they want to search a house where they believe there is a mass grave containing up to 30 bodies in rural east Texas.

The world's worst food security crisis is putting millions of lives at risk in the eastern Horn of Africa, a US agency warns.

China has agreed to halt subsidies to wind power manufacturers that violate World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.

A top Chinese military official confirms that Beijing is building an aircraft carrier, in the first official acknowledgement of the ship's existence.

Nato defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to review the results of two months of air strikes on Libya, as the alliance steps up its campaign.

Attackers open fire at a drugs rehabilitation clinic in northern Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring two others.