Some of the world's richest internet entrepreneurs, including Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, have awarded 11 disease researchers $3m (£1.9m) each.

The US adoptive mother of Russian-born Max Shatto tells sheriff's deputies the dead three year-old had been playing outside before she found him unresponsive.

Russia and the Arab League say they want to broker direct talks to end the Syria crisis as the opposition prepares to hold a two-day summit in Cairo.

Sony announces the fourth generation of its PlayStation video games console featuring a new controller and a "supercharged" PC-based processor.

Portuguese police say they have made the largest ever seizure of fake euro notes - worth more than 380,000 euros - in Oporto.

Qantas profits have risen, boosted by compensation from Boeing after it cancelled 787 orders and amid narrowing losses on its international operations.

Japan hangs three death-row inmates, in the first executions under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The bail hearing for South African paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend, is due to enter its third day.