Gay couples wed in their hundreds in New York after it becomes the sixth and most populous state to recognise same-sex unions.

Mexican police arrest 1,000 people in a crackdown on human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Ciudad Juarez, officials say.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scores as Uruguay win the Copa America for a record 15th time.

Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted carrying out twin terror attacks in Norway that killed nearly 100 people, is set to appear in court.

Film of a mandrill cleaning its toenails with a stick is evidence of the animal's ability to modify tools, say scientists.

More than $1m of Mollydooker shiraz wine is destroyed as a forklift malfunctions in Australia.

China fires three senior railway officials and orders nationwide safety check following the high-speed train crash.

Nafissatou Diallo, the New York hotel maid who accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her, gives her first interview.