Lawyers for accused Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger open their defence with an ex-FBI agent who says the accused was not an informant.

A woman is arrested at the US National Cathedral in connection with an act of vandalism there, days after the Lincoln Memorial was similarly defaced.

Blasts in the northern Nigerian city of Kano hit a Christian area previously targeted by Islamic militants, killing at least 10 people, officials say.

Tests on three mummies shed new light on the Inca ritual of child sacrifice, suggesting victims were sedated with drugs and alcohol.

A military judge is set to issue a verdict in the court martial of the US soldier who disclosed reams of secret documents to the Wikileaks website.

India's ruling Congress party is likely to announce its support for the formation of a new state in the Telangana region of southern Andhra Pradesh state.

At least seven people are injured in a series of explosions at a propane gas plant in the centre of the US state of Florida, officials say.

The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, holds "in-depth" discussions with Egypt's ousted President, Mohammed Morsi.