Opponents of gay marriage in California ask the US Supreme Court to rule on a ban that a lower court ruled unconstitutional earlier this year.

Power is fully restored to three failed Indian grids, ending outages that have affected more than 600 million people across much of the country.

The conflict raging on Syria's streets between government forces and rebels will decide the fate of the nation, President Assad warns.

Human rights activists condemn the public shooting in Syria of four apparent Assad loyalists by rebels after a video of the killings emerges.

The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, signals that it may take more action to stimulate the world's largest economy, but announces no new measures.

A Bangladeshi man missing for 23 years and given up for dead by his family is welcomed home after being freed from a Pakistani jail.

An investigation is under way in Brazil after police shoot an unarmed man in Rio in a neighbourhood which will host much of the 2016 Olympics.

The mayor of the French town who had suspended four instructors at a children's summer camp for observing Ramadan says he will reinstate them to avoid controversy.