US House Republicans pledge to vote on a bill to raise the country's borrowing limit, a move that could avoid a battle with the White House.

Boeing halts deliveries of its new 787 Dreamliner - which has been suspended from flying due to concerns about its batteries - until the problem is resolved.

Canada's new plastic banknotes feature Norwegian maple leaves, instead of the Canadian sugar maple leaf, according to botanists.

Lance Armstrong questions whether he deserves his "death penalty" punishment which has seen him banned from all sports.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pleads for help from thousands of Somalis in Minnesota, a day after gaining official US recognition.

Militants are said to be holed up in a workshop with a group of foreign hostages at a remote gas plant in Algeria, surrounded by security forces.

The revered emir of Kano in northern Nigeria survives an attack which is suspected to have been carried out by Islamist militants.

The UK charity calls for a "global new deal to reverse decades of increasing inequality", ahead of next week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.