Twelve Amish men suspected of carrying out beard and hair-cutting attacks within the community plead not guilty to the charges.

Tropical Cyclone Heidi hits Western Australia, forcing residents to flee rising tidewaters and closing the world's largest iron-ore export ports.

The US military says it is investigating a video that appears to show Marines joking as they urinate on dead Taliban fighters.

Fifty people are accused of selling Puerto Ricans' identities to illegal immigrants, in one of the largest ever frauds of its kind, US officials say.

A Mississippi judge blocks release of 21 inmates granted reprieves by the outgoing governor, in a move that has outraged crime victims.

The Arab League is delaying sending more monitors to Syria, as its mission runs into further difficulties in the country gripped by unrest.

Sportswear group Nike agrees $1m (£650,000) compensation in an ongoing dispute with workers in Indonesia over unpaid overtime.

Japan says it will take "concrete steps" to reduce its oil dependency on Iran, in support of US sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme.