A team of former Nasa executives launches a private venture to send people to the Moon for a cost of $1.4bn (£871m).

The party of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlsuconi gives strong indications that he will run for office again next year.

Riot police and demonstrators clash after the government's decision to reopen a huge pig processing plant in the northern Atacama region.

The Florida man charged with murder over the killing of an unarmed teenager sues US network NBC, saying an edited audio clip portrayed him as racist.

The exiled political leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Khaled Meshaal, is due to arrive in Gaza for the organisation's 25th anniversary.

The US moves warships to track a North Korean rocket set to launch later this month, as Japan orders its military to shoot down debris infringing on its territory.

Egypt braces for possible fresh protests after Friday prayers as opposition leaders consider a call for dialogue by President Mohammed Morsi.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to arrive in Belfast on Friday as part of a four-day trip to Europe.