South Korean firm Hyundai paid a ransom of $190,000 (£118,000) to free six workers kidnapped last month, Nigerian police say.

Nato has begun to deploy Patriot missiles to Turkey to help defend it against threats from neighbouring Syria.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet a delegation of First Nation leaders, following one chief's 25-day hunger strike.

A Chilean couple are killed in a suspected arson attack on their home, in an area which has seen a string of attacks over indigenous land rights.

South Africa's Olympic mountain biker Burry Stander dies in a road accident while on a training ride.

A decision by outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus to amnesty nearly one in three prisoners draws protests and raises concerns in legal circles.

Education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban, is to undergo reconstructive cranial surgery in Birmingham.

At least nine people have been killed and many injured by a car bomb at a petrol station in Damascus, say activists.