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.

Three Kurdish activists - one said to be a founder of the militant PKK group - are killed with a "bullet in the head" in Paris, French media say.

A Pakistani soldier is killed by Indian troops near the dividing line in the disputed territory of Kashmir, Pakistan's military says.

Anglers scratch their heads after a pike is found dead with a zander - a fish of similar size - jammed in its mouth in the Netherlands.

Two people have been in killed in Peru in a head-on collision involving a support vehicle for a British team contesting the Dakar rally.

The US is grappling with a major flu outbreak, as 29 states report high levels of influenza-like illness, a US health agency says.

For excitement it may not have matched the Samuel L Jackson film, Snakes On A Plane, but passengers on a Qantas flight watched with fascination as one snake fought out its own drama.