Lawmakers in the state of Arizona are considering a law requiring transgender people to use public toilets of the gender on their birth certificate.

Political leaders in Cyprus are meeting for emergency talks after its parliament overwhelmingly rejected an international bailout deal.

A rat may have caused this week's power outage at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, says the company which runs it.

The US is working for a swift transfer of a Congolese war crimes suspect from its embassy in Rwanda to the ICC, a senior US official for Africa says.

The US state of Colorado tightens its gun laws, limiting on the size of ammunition magazines and expanding background checks for gun buyers.

A TV advertisement promoting condom use in Kenya has been withdrawn following an outcry by religious leaders, a health official says.

Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirm their commitment to stopping Iran getting nuclear weapons, as the US president visits Israel.

Al-Qaeda militants tell a Mauritanian news agency they have killed French hostage Philippe Verdon, because of France's intervention in Mali.