The diplomatic row over Julian Assange "could be ended tomorrow" if Britain offered him safe passage to Ecuador, the country's president says.

A South Korean court strikes down a law requiring users to register their real identities when posting comments to websites.

The suspect in the Aurora movie theatre shootings made threats and was banned from his university campus after failing a key exam, prosecutors say.

At least three people are killed in clashes between rival tribes Libya's northern town of Zlitan, security officials say.

Police in Peru seize more than 16,000 dried seahorses, destined to be illegally exported to Asia where they are used in traditional medicine.

An elderly parishioner stuns Spanish cultural officials with an alarming do-it-yourself attempt to restore a prized fresco of Jesus Christ.

More than 100 tanks are seized from a militia group loyal to former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan officials say.

A New Zealand man who fled to China with millions of dollars accidentally credited to his bank account is sent to jail while his former girlfriend gets home detention.