A Nobel Peace Prize medal from 1936, discovered in a South American pawn shop, is to be sold at auction.

Israeli warplanes attack Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a militant rocket barrage into southern Israel, the military says.

Charges against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, whose arrest cooled US-Indian relations, are dropped by a US judge.

Two people die as protests erupt across Turkey, Turkish media say, after the funeral of a teenager who had been in a coma since clashes last year.

Japanese electronics firm Panasonic announces it will pay its staff working in China a premium to compensate them for high levels of pollution.

China's premier vows to continue search efforts for missing Flight MH370, as teams investigate possible debris seen on satellite images.

Pope Francis marks his first year in office on Thursday, but will spend it in characteristically low profile - in a spiritual retreat outside Rome.

Election officials say ex-rebel Salvador Sanchez Ceren has won El Salvador's presidential poll after a manual vote count, but his rival can still appeal.