The body of late leader Kim Jong-il is to lie in state permanently at a palace in the capital, North Korea announces.

Gunmen kill at least three Kenyan police officers in an attack in the border region with Somalia, with reports of many others missing.

Australia's military is hit by more sex scandals, after a news channel obtains documents which include allegations of assault and rape.

A $10m (£6.5m) prize will be awarded to whoever can create a Star Trek-like hand-held medical diagnosis device.

Director George Lucas discusses how he had to self-finance his latest movie because the rest of Hollywood refused to fund a high-budget film with an all black cast.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has flown to Dubai to attend a wedding, reports say, amid a deepening political crisis with the military.

An oil and gas workers' trade union in Nigeria says it will shut down all production from Sunday if the government fails to restore fuel subsidies.

Astronomers at the American Astronomical Society say they have worked out what colour the Milky Way would appear to be - from outside.