North Korea dismisses reports from South Korea that it is planning policy changes that will lead to the opening up of the secretive communist state.

Two Colombian helicopter pilots, who had been kidnapped by Farc rebels more than two weeks ago, are handed over to the Red Cross.

A study of massive landslides on Saturn's moon Iapetus shed light on how such events occur there and on Earth.

Members of Russian political punk rock group Pussy Riot are due to go on trial, accused of hooliganism in Moscow's main cathedral.

South Korea win a seventh straight gold medal in women's team archery with a 210-209 win over China.

Syria's assault on the city of Aleppo is a "nail in the coffin" of President Assad, says US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta as he starts a Middle-East tour.

At least 47 people die in a fire on a passenger train travelling in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials say.

A massive power cut causes disruption across northern India, including in the capital, Delhi.