An Argentine court jails ex-junta leaders Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone over the theft of babies from political prisoners under military rule.

A ballot measure proposing that porn actors in Los Angeles County wear condoms during filming will be put to voters in November's election.

Two Italian historians say they have found dozens of sketches produced by Renaissance master Caravaggio when he was a young student in Milan.

Two Nigerian men are charged with receiving funds from the Yemen-based Islamist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Mitt Romney and the Republicans raise $100m in June, a record for the party, as Barack Obama starts his first bus tour of the US campaign.

Portugal's Constitutional Court strikes down a key part of the government's austerity programme, saying it unfairly targets public sector workers.

The United States has complained to the World Trade Organisation about the level of China's import duties on large-engined US-made cars.

Cuba's Raul Castro holds talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing, signing agreements aimed at further deepening ties between the two allies.