Scientists reporting at a chemistry meeting in the US describe a method to replace up to half the fat of chocolate with any liquid.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for Russia to give NGOs a chance, in the wake of a series of inspections of foreign-funded groups.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rejects Islamist demands for a new anti-blasphemy law against those who defame Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.

South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-Jae tells parliament there are signs of increased activity in the North's main nuclear test site.

The website Wikileaks publishes more than 1.7 million US diplomatic and intelligence reports from the 1970s, including first impressions of eventual British PM Margaret Thatcher.

At least nine people are killed and many injured after a roadside bomb hits a bus in the Afghan province of Wardak, officials say.

The body of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda is being exhumed to investigate the cause of his death after allegations he may have been poisoned.

Turkish police clash with thousands of protesters outside a courthouse near Istanbul where 275 suspected coup plotters are on trial.