Police in Germany arrest a man suspected to be responsible for more than 700 shootings on the country's motorways since 2008.

Two British businessmen who faced corruption charges in Cuba have been released, the British Embassy says.

A school in the US state of Colorado discriminated against a six-year-old transgender girl by barring her from using the girls' toilets, a panel rules.

Homophobic attacks have reached dangerous levels in sub-Saharan Africa and must stop, Amnesty International says in a report.

China Petrochemical Corporation, also known as Sinopec, agrees a deal to buy US firm Marathon Oil Corporations's stake in an Angolan oil and gas field.

Four prisoners have been hanged in southern Nigeria, officials say, in what are believed to be the first executions for seven years.

A bill to overhaul the US immigration system passes a key hurdle after the Senate approves a $38bn (£24bn) increase in border security.

Militants attack the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, sparking a huge gunfight involving nearby ministries and a CIA station.