The government of the Central African Republic says it is in talks with Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony to get him to surrender.

At least 18 people are killed in flooding after a cyclone lashes the island of Sardinia, prompting Italy to declare a state of emergency.

An assembly of more than 2,000 Afghan elders is due to discuss the text of a long-awaited bilateral security agreement with the US.

The Japanese coastguard and earthquake experts say a volcanic eruption has raised a new island in the seas to the far south of Tokyo.

A court in Russia approves bail for two Britons arrested with 28 other people on a Greenpeace ship in the Arctic as other detainees leave custody.

A Boeing 747 Dreamlifter cargo plane lands at a minor Kansas airport, apparently by mistake.

A Florida legislator on probation after pleading guilty to cocaine possession announces he is taking a leave of absence.

Federal Reserve officials say they aim to trim the central bank's stimulus efforts in the near future, minutes from their October meeting reveal.