US President Barack Obama and senior administration officials were briefed on impending Obamacare website problems in March.

Venezuela's congress gives final approval to controversial legislation allowing President Nicolas Maduro to govern by decrees for 12 months.

A US judge grants a stay of execution to serial killer Joseph Franklin amid legal challenges over the use of a new drug in the execution process.

President Barack Obama urges US senators to hold off from proposing more sanctions against Iran to allow time for world powers to complete a deal on Tehran's nuclear programme.

Police in the Indian city of Bangalore are hunting a man who brutally attacked a woman in a cash machine kiosk.

Thailand's Constitutional Court is set to rule on whether the government plans to amend the constitution are legal, a move that could spark political unrest.

Experts are concerned that children's fitness levels are declining as a study finds many cannot run as fast as their parents did.

The US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch accuses Iran of failing to protect Afghan refugees from abuse.