On the third anniversary of Haiti's devastating earthquake, President Michel Martelly says reconstruction programmes have failed.

The Italian consul in Libya's second city, Benghazi, escapes unharmed after unidentified gunmen open fire on his bullet-proof car.

A baby girl born on a plane flying to Armenia is named after a member of cabin crew who helped deliver her, local media say.

The Georgian parliament approves the release of around 3,000 prisoners, following a prisoner abuse scandal that hit the previous administration.

The governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, declares a public health emergency because of the severity of this year's influenza season.

Kenya's high court orders that the date for the switch-off of the analogue television signal be delayed, preferably until after March's election.

Israeli forces evict Palestinians activists who had pitched tents in an area of the West Bank where Israel is planning fresh settlement building.

An eight-year-old British girl is shot and killed and three other people are injured when a man opens fire inside a store in a rural area of Jamaica.