New York City is the first US city to get approval for its own .nyc domain name, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces.

The Bolivian president's jet is diverted to Austria, as nations "close air space" amid suspicion US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is on board.

A former FBI director investigates alleged misconduct over payments to settle claims for the BP Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

Tunisian rapper Ala Yaacoub, known as Weld El 15, is freed from jail after his sentence for insulting and threatening the police is cut.

Fighting in Afghanistan could be stopped in weeks if Pakistan told the Taliban to end the insurgency, the head of the Afghan army tells the BBC.

The skeleton of a New York teacher who disappeared in 1985 is discovered behind a false wall in the home she shared with her late husband.

The main provision of a landmark healthcare bill passed under President Barack Obama will take effect one year later than planned, his administration says.

Rescue operations are underway after a 6.1 earthquake hit Indonesia's Aceh, flattening houses and killing at least 22 people.