A Brazilian indigenous man in his thirty is shot dead during a police operation on disputed land in the south-western state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Several major US news media decline to meet Attorney General Eric Holder over leak investigations because the conversations would be off the record.

The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has recovered enough to walk, his mother says.

The US eases restrictions on the sale of mobile phones and other communications devices and software - including popular Apple products - to Iranians.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad warns Israel it will respond in kind to any future air strikes and hints at an offensive in the Golan Heights.

Voters in Bhutan are to take part in key elections to determine which two out of four parties will participate in general elections in July.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he is not stepping aside as reports of a video purporting to show him smoking crack cocaine threatens to engulf his office.

The destruction of rainforests is causing trees to produce smaller, weaker seeds that are less likely to regenerate, a study suggests.