North Korea says it will boost its military power and "nuclear deterrence" programme after the UN imposed new sanctions over a rocket launch.

The Pentagon clears the top US general in Afghanistan, John Allen, of misconduct in an emails case that led CIA director David Petraeus to resign.

A Utah woman is recovering from four hours of surgery after a car-sized boulder crashed through her bedroom wall while she slept.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to form "as broad a government as possible" after his bloc narrowly wins general elections.

A magistrate in Australia dismisses charges against a man fined for letting his goat eat flowers and grass outside a museum in Sydney.

A Thai court jails a magazine editor for 10 years for publishing two articles that were deemed to insult the monarchy.

More than 100 aid organisations come together to campaign against hunger, to coincide with the UK's role heading the G8 this year.

Most parents tells lies to their children as a tactic to change their behaviour, suggests a study of families in the United States and China.