Hundreds of protesters marking a year of the "indignados" movement in Spain return to a central Madrid square, hours after police disperse them.

Colombia's Farc rebels say they will release captured French journalist Romeo Langlois to the Red Cross and an envoy of President-elect Hollande.

Key UN climate talks are set to open in Germany, with Europe struggling to maintain its position as a global leader.

The far-left Syriza party will not attend a final round of coalition talks, reports say, raising the prospect of fresh elections and more political turmoil.

A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific and watched two companions die sues the owners of a cruise ship that sailed past.

The criminal case against Tony Chan, the fengshui master accused of forging the will of Nina Wang, once Asia's richest woman, begins in Hong Kong.

The founder of US-based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, is arrested in Germany and faces extradition to Costa Rica, the group says.

A leading human rights organisation urges Nato to investigate fully the deaths of at least 72 civilians in air strikes in Libya last year.