A court in the Netherlands rules that the Dutch state is responsible for a massacre by its colonial troops in Indonesia in 1947.

At least two bombs hit security buildings in Yemen's southern city of Aden, officials say, with one person reported killed as police respond.

Top US and international envoys launch a fresh round of shuttle diplomacy to try to head off a controversial Palestinian bid for UN membership.

Brazil Tourism Minister Pedro Novais resigns over corruption allegations - the fifth minister to leave President Rousseff's government this year.

The White House could have rushed approval on a major government-backed loan to a failed solar panel firm for political reasons, say Republicans.

British oil company Rockhopper plans a major oil development off the Falkland Islands after making further significant finds.

Republicans win in a traditionally Democratic district of New York in an election billed as a referendum on President Obama's economic policies.

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is to start handing out free laptops to schoolchildren, in the first programme of its kind in the country.