Republicans go on the attack as a US envoy tipped to replace Hillary Clinton admits releasing incorrect information after a raid on a consulate in Libya.

The second-largest lottery jackpot in US history reaches $500m ahead of Wednesday's prize draw thanks to massive ticket sales.

The online version of the Chinese Communist Party's newspaper appears to fall for a spoof hailing North Korea's Kim Jong-un as the Sexiest Man Alive.

A fourth person has now died after eating soup made with poisonous mushrooms at a retirement home in northern California, local officials say.

Mexican president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto tells Barack Obama that reducing violence will be his main priority after taking office on Saturday.

The ratings agency Fitch says that Argentina, which is locked in a court battle in New York over its debt, will probably default on what it owes.

A young Bangladeshi accused of wanting to bomb the New York Federal Reserve pleads not guilty to terrorism charges.

A US judge orders tobacco firms to pay for a public campaign laying out decades of "past deception" over smoking risks.