A deadline for Americans to sign up for health insurance in order to receive coverage by 1 January is extended by one day to Christmas Eve.

A judge who lifted a gay marriage ban in Utah, one of the most conservative US states, has denied an application by state officials to reverse the move.

Argentina's former president, Fernando de la Rua, is found not guilty of bribing senators to pass a controversial labour reform 13 years ago.

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf is to go on trial for treason - a charge he dismisses as politically motivated.

An explosion near an Egyptian security building in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura kills at least 14 people and wounds more than 100.

Nicaragua extradites 18 Mexicans who posed as television journalists to smuggle millions of dollars in drug money into the country last year.

Australian police say they have seized drugs with a street value of more than A$43m as well as guns and exotic animals in a series of raids.

New details emerge of alleged mass ethnic killings committed during more than a week of violence in South Sudan, as the UN chief calls for more troops to be sent.