A former US government employee is accused of recruiting US citizens in sensitive national security posts to spy for Cuba.

A suspected military leader of the Basque separatist group Eta is sentenced to life in jail for the 2007 murder of two policemen in France.

A buyer pays 13,720 euros for a lock of hair belonging to the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph in an auction in Vienna.

Four Chilean sect members are arrested over claims they burnt a newborn baby to death on a bonfire as part of a ritual.

Samsung Electronics reports a 41% jump in profit for the first quarter, boosted by growing sales of its smartphones.

At least 36 people have been killed in a fire at a psychiatric hospital in the Moscow region, officials say.

Cancer is threatening to overwhelm Latin American countries, experts writing in Lancet Oncology warn.

China agrees to buy 60 planes from European firm Airbus, in a deal worth $8bn (£5.2bn) at list prices.