China has demarcated an "air-defence identification zone" over the East China Sea, including disputed islands which are also claimed by Japan.

The Queen's representative in Australia reportedly becomes the first serving governor-general to publicly back the country becoming a republic.

Negotiators continue talking through the night in Poland as rich and developing nations clash over carbon cuts.

Fifteen airlines are warned about the risk of ice forming on Boeing's new 747-8 and 787 Dreamliner planes when flying at high altitude.

Syrian government air strikes kill at least 40 people in and around the northern city of Aleppo, with "heavy civilian casualties", activists say.

Syrian government airstrikes kill at least 29 people in and around the northern city of Aleppo, with "heavy civilian casualties", activists say.

Venezuela's opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, tells supporters on a national day of protest not to feel intimidated and to vote in upcoming elections.

A huge US energy supplier, Duke Energy, is fined $1m (£620,000) over the deaths of golden eagles at two wind farms in the state of Wyoming.