Seven people are found dead with gunshot wounds in a flat in the US state of Texas, with one of them believed to have killed the other six.

Activist hacker group Anonymous says it has stolen thousands of emails, passwords and credit card details from US-based security firm Stratfor.

China and Japan unveil plans to promote the direct exchange of the yen and yuan to cut costs for companies and boost trade.

The International Criminal court releases Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, after ruling that there is insufficient evidence against him.

Twenty-two members of a single family are feared drowned after a boat capsized in a lake in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police say.

Two prominent South Koreans are allowed to cross the border into the North to pay respects to the late leader of the secretive state, Kim Jong-il.

More Arab League observers are due to arrive in Syria as part of a deal with Damascus to try to end months of violence gripping the country.

At least five people are killed in a suicide car bomb attack outside Iraq's interior ministry in Baghdad.