A US Marine is reduced in ranks and forfeits $500 pay after admitting urinating on the body of a dead Afghan combatant.

A 23-year-old Argentine woman is to marry the man convicted of the killing of her twin sister two years ago.

Fans and celebrities pay tribute to Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar at a memorial near his home in California.

The new Libyan government in Tripoli is prepared to open all files relating to the Lockerbie bombing, the country's ambassador to the UK confirms.

An Australian toddler has a lucky escape after eggs he stashed in his wardrobe hatched deadly snakes.

Iraq's Sunni Muslim finance minister says he holds Shia PM Nouri Maliki personally responsible for raids on his home and office by security forces.

Mario Monti is expected to resign as Italian prime minister shortly, keeping a promise to step down as soon as his budget is passed by parliament.

Residents of Newtown, Connecticut, will observe a moment of silence, one week after a gunman killed 20 young children and six members of staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School.