TV and film streaming service Netflix sees global subscriber numbers rise 10% in the last three months of 2013 to 44 million.

The Israeli Shin Bet security service arrests three alleged members of an al-Qaeda cell , who, it says, were targeting the US embassy.

Bolivian President Evo Morales announces plans to build the country's first nuclear reactor, making it the fourth Latin American country to do so.

UN mediator for Syrian peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi will hold separate talks with rival delegations to assess their willingness to meet together.

Home Secretary Theresa May is banning a herb called khat, a stimulant chewed by large sections of the Somali community and grown mainly in East Africa.

Police in India's West Bengal state arrest 13 people in connection with a gang rape of a woman allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man.

Singer Justin Bieber has been arrested in Miami Beach, Florida, on suspicion of drag racing and drunk driving, police say.

South Sudan's government and rebels are to sign a ceasefire deal to end the month-long conflict shortly, mediators in Ethiopia say.