The Democratic Republic of Congo is to build a town in honour of independence figure Patrice Lumumba, a government spokesman says.

An extra 7.3bn euros is due to be added to the EU's budget for 2013 under a compromise which the UK continues to oppose.

EU officials have raided the offices of several companies involved in the oil market, as part of an investigation into price-fixing.

Gunmen using silenced weapons attack a row of alcohol shops in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, leaving 12 people dead, officials say.

Brazil's judiciary rules that marriage licenses cannot be denied to same-sex couples, as Congress debates full legalisation of gay marriage.

The European Union will pledge 520m euros (£442m; $673m) to help rebuild Mali at a conference of international donors in Brussels on Wednesday.

Leonardo DiCaprio and director Baz Luhrmann are expected on the red carpet in Cannes later as their new film The Great Gatsby opens the annual film festival.

Boeing says it has resumed delivery of its 787 Dreamliner, after two incidents involving the lithium ion batteries led to a worldwide grounding.