The US state of Alabama exonerates the last three of the Scottsboro Boys, black teenagers wrongly accused of raping two white girls in 1931.

A criminal investigation is launched into the collapse of a supermarket roof in the Latvian capital Riga, as the death toll climbs to 12.

Les Miserables and Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman says he has been treated for basal cell carcinoma, a skin cancer on his nose.

The US marks 50 years since President John F Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet in Dallas.

The Indian authorities evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas in the east of the country, as a strong cyclone approaches.

At least 22 people are killed when a leaking oil pipeline catches fire and explodes in the Chinese city of Qingdao, reports say.

China successfully flies a stealth drone for the first time on Thursday, state media say, citing eyewitness reports.

Hundreds of protesters throng central Kiev, angry at Ukraine's decision to delay a landmark agreement with the EU.