Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd is fined $50,000 by the NBA for spilling drink on court to delay the late stages of a recent game.

Three men accused of being members of Hezbollah are cleared of terrorism charges by a Nigerian court, though one is jailed for life on weapons charges.

Authorities in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, fight a major blaze at a landmark building designed by the modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Soviet-era dissident Natalya Gorbanevskaya, who took part in a famous 1968 protest in Moscow's Red Square, has died in Paris aged 77.

Thousands of people stage fresh protests in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, at President Yanukovych's refusal to sign an EU association agreement.

President Barack Obama defines his healthcare reforms as part of his legacy, as upgrades are made to the health insurance website before a key deadline.

The French parliament has backed part of a bill that would impose fines of 1,500 euros (£1,250) on anyone paying for sex.

New attempts to protect a critically endangered New Zealand dolphin have angered campaigners who fear the mammal will soon be extinct.