Nicaraguan authorities order the evacuation of hundreds of people after the San Cristobal volcano starts spewing out hot gases and ash.

A female student who was gang-raped in India's capital Delhi is flown to Singapore for further treatment, officials say.

The US Treasury is to take extraordinary measures to delay reaching a 31 December borrowing limit, as the so-called "fiscal cliff" looms.

Convicted Chicago mobster Frank Calabrese Sr dies in prison aged 75, US officials have announced.

Japanese carmaker Toyota agrees to pay more than $1bn in a settlement of US lawsuits dating back to the recall of millions of cars in 2009 and 2010.

Former US President George H W Bush has been in intensive care with a fever since Sunday, his spokesman reveals.

Samsung Electronics seeks a ban on the import and sales of some Ericsson products in the US which it claims infringe its patents.

Gunmen ambush and shoot dead seven Mexican police officers in two separate drug-related attacks in the west of the country.