Basque separatist group Eta says it is ready to disband, give up its weapons and enter talks with the French and Spanish governments.

Films, actors and directors from mainland China do well at the Chinese equivalent of the Oscars - previously dominated by Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Gangnam Style, the dance track by South Korean pop phenomenon Psy, becomes YouTube's most-watched video of all time.

A group of Brazilian government officials is dismissed after their offices are raided by police investigating allegations of influence peddling.

Greek police recover all the antiquities stolen from a museum in Olympia in a robbery which raised concerns about cuts to museum security.

The death toll from a fire in a clothes factory in Bangladesh has leapt to at least 120, officials say, as bodies are found in the charred building on Sunday.

The Spanish region of Catalonia is preparing to hold important regional elections, after a campaign that has focused on the issue of independence.

More than 20 Egyptian rights groups call on President Mursi to withdraw the decree granting himself new powers, warning of a "new dictatorship".