A former prosecutor in the US state of Texas will be sent to jail for his role in the wrongful conviction of an innocent man 26 years ago.

A US company formally launches an "electronic backpack" mobile phone app that controls the movements of cockroaches and defends itself against cruelty claims.

A Royal Marine is found guilty of murdering an injured Afghan insurgent, in what the prosecution called "an execution", but two others are cleared.

The Indian city of Chennai hosts the world chess championships, which could end the six-year reign of local man Vishwanathan Anand.

Beijing health officials reveal that the number of lung cancer cases has gone up by more than 50% in the past decade.

The technical director of a Paris musical has died of a heart attack after a faulty power tool set off fireworks at an arena, investigators say.

The Qatar World Cup will not be moved to January or February 2022 because of the Winter Olympics, according to Fifa.

A pyrotechnics blast at a Paris arena injures 15 people, five seriously, just hours before the start of a musical about the French Revolution.