A Colombian paramilitary leader arrested earlier this year says he participated in a massacre of villagers in the east of the country in 1997.

The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will try to become the first human to break the sound barrier unaided by a vehicle when he jumps out of a balloon high over the New Mexico desert.

The winner of a cockroach-eating competition dies soon after eating dozens of live insects in the US state of Florida, authorities say.

Security levels are raised in the Greek capital ahead a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her first since the eurozone crisis erupted nearly three years ago.

Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky speaks out against his child abuse accusers in a jail recording on the eve of his sentencing.

North Korea says it has missiles that can hit the US mainland, in a statement two days after South Korea unveiled a missile deal with the US.

Top Zetas drug cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano is apparently killed in a shootout in the north Mexico border state of Coahuila, Mexico's navy says.

A diet rich in tomatoes may reduce the risk of having a stroke, according to researchers in Finland.