The Washington National Cathedral, one of the top Episcopal churches in the US, will host same-sex weddings, a cathedral official says.

Fire crews in south-east Australia work around to clock to tackle bushfires ahead of a new hot spell forecast for the weekend.

The three-masted Argentine naval ship which was held for two months in a Ghanaian port returns to Argentina to a rapturous welcome.

A remote Quebec fishing village asks Canada's government to help free a dozen killer whales trapped in a vast stretch of sea ice.

The film world awaits the announcement of the 85th Academy Award nominations ahead of the Oscars ceremony next month.

Foxconn, one of the world's biggest contract electronics maker, says it is being investigated by Chinese authorities over bribery allegations.

Ex-US governor Bill Richardson and Google's Eric Schmidt tell North Korean officials in Pyongyang to halt nuclear tests and open internet access.

As much as half of the world's food - amounting to two billion tonnes worth - ends up being thrown away, a UK-based report claims.