Former Penn State football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky files an appeal, requesting a new trial and a change in sentencing.

EU leaders plan to launch joint eurozone banking supervision next year, officials say, in an apparent Franco-German compromise deal.

China is set to conduct naval exercises in the East China Sea, state media report, amid heightened tensions over islands disputed with Japan.

A man accused of killing 13 people at a Texas army base loses an appeal to wear a beard during his trial, but lawyers pledge a further appeal.

US President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney poke fun at themselves and each other at a charity fundraiser.

The World Trade Organisation upholds its decision that China's tariffs on imports of certain US steel products are illegal.

The North Korean leader's nephew talks of reunification, his childhood and his family in a rare interview in Bosnia, where he is studying.

About 90% of hospital managers in Peru have resigned in support of doctors who are striking over pay, union officials say.