Eleven inmates in a suburban New York jail sue their prison for $500m (£300m) and access to dental floss, saying they are losing their teeth.

Protesters in the Libyan city of Benghazi storm the headquarters of Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia in a backlash after last week's fatal attack on the US consulate.

A 25-year-old man is mauled after he jumped into a tiger enclosure from an elevated train at New York City's Bronx Zoo.

Ivory Coast closes its land, sea and air border with Ghana after several people are killed in an attack on an army checkpoint.

The Roman Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria confirms that more than 600 children have been sexually abused by priests since the 1930s.

A discovery about how cells die could lead to ways of protecting fertility in women having cancer treatment, experts say.

French and German leaders are marking the 50th anniversary of an historic speech seen as a key moment in the post-WWII reconciliation between them.

A suspected Burmese warlord and five other men admit murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river at a trial in China, state media say.