Ecuadorean plaintiffs in an environmental damages case against Chevron say a judge has frozen $19bn worth of the oil company's assets in Argentina.

A US man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to mass protests in the Middle East is sentenced to a year in jail for probation violations.

Lawmakers in Greece narrowly back a fresh round of austerity measures, despite violent protests across the country.

A wintry storm strikes New York and New Jersey barely a week after Sandy killed at least 106 people and left nearly one million homes without power.

US President Obama and his family return to Washington as attention moves from his re-election to the need for a budget deal with Congress.

At least four people set themselves on fire in ethnic Tibetan parts of China on Wednesday, a rights group and media reports say.

One of Claude Monet's famous water lily paintings sells for $43m at a New York auction, although many other famous works fail to find a buyer.

At least five Afghan soldiers are killed and several others injured by a roadside bomb in the eastern province of Laghman, officials say.