Venezuela's defeated opposition candidate Henrique Capriles formally challenges the results of last month's election at the Supreme Court.

One of several wildfires raging in California forces the closure of a section of the state's scenic Pacific Coast Highway.

For the first time a senior US official acknowledges the administration is thinking about arming Syria's rebels, amid allegations of a new massacre.

The body of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been claimed by his family, say US authorities.

The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans has risen 28% in a decade, with white people and American Indians most affected.

Initial tests on the remains Pablo Neruda confirm he had cancer, but the investigation proceeds to establish whether the Chilean poet was poisoned.

An Indian man convicted of spying in Pakistan and killed in a local jail is to be buried in India, amid mass outrage across the country.

Rhode Island becomes the 10th US state to allow same-sex marriages, following the final approval of the measure by lawmakers.