Zimbabwe's highest court declares unconstitutional a law which makes it a crime to insult the president.

New York City Council votes to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21, a move the bill's sponsor says will save "many" lives.

Three people die in fresh violence in Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which was hit by religious riots last month.

Argentina's Supreme Court rules that a media bill passed in 2009 is constitutional, clearing the way for the break-up of large media groups.

The head of the Nazi secret police, Heinrich Mueller, was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Berlin, Germany's Bild newspaper reports.

The International Criminal Court delays the trial of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta following last month's terror attack in Nairobi.

The US Federal Reserve votes to keep interest rates at record lows and to continue with its $85bn (£53bn) a month bond-buying programme meant to stimulate the US economy.

The US criticises Germany's economic policies, saying that its export-led growth model is hurting the eurozone and the wider global economy.