An ex-soldier from Guatemala is sentenced by an United States court to 10 years in jail for having lied about his role in a killing in 1982.

China and Taiwan are set for the highest-level talks since 1949, overshadowed by Beijing's decision to block access to some media outlets.

Britain is to play host to a gathering in London in a bid to get an international agreement to stop the illegal trade in wildlife.

A three-year-old girl is diagnosed with polio in Kabul - the Afghan capital's first case of the disease since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

Former US Navy cryptologist technician Robert Hoffman is sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempted espionage for Russia.

The Associated Press news agency is deleting seven "digitally altered" photos of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro from its archive.

Aid groups warn the continued mass exodus of Muslims from the Central African Republic could lead to a market collapse, worsening the food crisis.

The US ambassador to India is to meet controversial Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in what is seen as a major shift in US stance.