A US man is hit with a $1.5m fine for sharing gay porn movies over BitTorrent.

A Chinese man who served 11 years in prison over a wrongful conviction for fraud receives a $131,000 (£81,400) payout for damages, his lawyer says.

Dozens of young men have been shot dead in Nigeria by the military in Maiduguri, residents in the north-eastern city tell the BBC.

The US economy created more jobs than expected in October, in the last litmus test of recovery before Tuesday's presidential election.

A new film about Erwin Rommel is shown on German TV, depicting the general as a weak man undone by his links to Adolf Hitler.

South African President Jacob Zuma says some legal issues in the country are better resolved by traditional justice.

Hikkim, the "world's highest polling centre", gets ready for polls as the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh votes in the regional elections on Sunday.

At least 18 people are killed after attackers open fire at a petrol station in south-western Pakistan, triggering a huge blaze, officials say.