Police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir arrest a couple on gruesome charges of murdering their own daughter with an axe in an apparent "honour killing".

Almost 3,000 supermarkets in Brazil are pledging to avoid selling meat from cattle raised in the Amazon rainforest to curb illegal deforestation.

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky's death was "consistent with hanging", a post-mortem examination has found, according to UK police.

The US Supreme Court is to hear two landmark cases this week on gay marriage that could reshape the legal definition of marriage in America.

Seven Native Canadian men finish a 1,600km (1,000-mile) trek to Ottawa in protest against living conditions on reservations.

The Metropolitan Museum's steep "recommended" admission fee deceives patrons legally entitled to pay as little as they choose, a lawsuit charges.

The rebel leader whose fighters seized the capital of the Central African Republic says he is suspending the constitution and dissolving parliament.

Boeing says that a test flight to check the 787 Dreamliner's new battery system "went according to plan".