A court in Mexico releases drugs baron Rafael Caro Quintero after he spends 28 years in prison for the murder of a US agent.

Apple has won a key patent case against rival Samsung which could see Samsung phones blocked from the US market.

R&B singer Usher wins a custody challenge by his ex-wife, days after his son nearly drowned in a swimming pool at his home in Atlanta, Georgia.

New Football Association chairman Greg Dyke believes a summer World Cup in Qatar in 2022 would be "impossible".

The US is to reopen 18 of 19 embassies and consulates it closed due to a terror alert, with only the Yemen mission to stay shut.

Blackberry shares soar in New York after a report says the company is considering buying out its shareholders.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says the Central African Republic has suffered a "total breakdown of law and order" since rebels seized power in March.

The area of land planted with coca - the raw ingredient for cocaine - in Colombia has fallen by 25% between 2011 and 2012, a UN report says.