The second hostage shot by a mentally unstable hostage-taker at a rural Louisiana bank on Wednesday dies.

Controversial French lawyer Jacques Verges, whose clients included Venezuelan Carlos the Jackal, has died aged 88.

A judge in Rio sentences the driver and conductor of a minivan to 49 years in jail each for raping an American citizen, in an ordeal that shocked Brazil.

Libyan PM Ali Zeidan threatens protesting guards at oil ports with force, accusing them of trying to sell oil outside official channels.

The Egyptian capital Cairo is poised for renewed protests as supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi call for marches after Friday prayers.

The US National Security Agency broke privacy rules thousands of times in the past two years, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

India's navy releases names of the 18 sailors feared dead inside a submarine which sank after it exploded in a Mumbai dockyard.

Nicaragua says it will begin drilling for oil and gas off its Caribbean coast in an area that belonged to Colombia until last year.