Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin declares she will not run for the White House in the 2012 presidential elections.

Steve Jobs, co-founder of US computer giant Apple, dies, aged 56, after a career that transformed digital technology with a series of innovations.

A recording of Michael Jackson bemoaning his unhappy childhood is played to the trial of the doctor charged with his death.

Prosecutors in Mexico say federal Congressman Moises Villanueva was killed on the orders of a local politician in the southern state of Guerrero.

Afghanistan is appealing for $142m to feed 2.6 million people this winter as it faces the worst drought for a decade, with half the country's provinces affected.

Ichiro Ozawa, one of Japan's most influential politicians, goes on trial on charges of breaking political fundraising laws.

Impressive leaps performed by some species of fish give an insight into how aquatic animals "invaded" the land, say scientists.

The free trade pact between the US and South Korea has cleared the first hurdle four years after the deal was first agreed.