Thousands of former American football players sue the National Football League for allegedly hiding the dangers of football-related head traumas.

Political parties in Egypt agree to the make-up of the panel that will write the country's new constitution, ending weeks of deadlock.

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says during a visit to Pakistan that US drone strikes inside the country raise serious legal questions.

There is little evidence that Syria's government is complying with an international peace plan to end violence, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.

Australia says it is lifting remaining travel and financial sanctions against Burma and pledges to double aid to the South East Asian nation by 2015.

Relatives of victims of Augusto Pinochet's military rule in Chile protest against plans to pay homage to the late general in a new documentary.

An Indian court rules that a case challenging powerful Home Minister P Chidambaram's 2009 election victory can continue.

Fourteen dismembered bodies are found in a lorry in north-eastern Mexico, in what officials believe is gang-related violence.