Brazil says it is investigating corruption and price-fixing allegations against 18 companies, including Siemens of Germany and Alstom of France.

The Vatican Library begins digitising its priceless collection of manuscripts dating from the origins of the Church with support from Japan's NTT Data.

The EU says it is extending sanctions to another 12 individuals over Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.

Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country after PM Erdogan vowed to "wipe out" the website.

Venezuelan riot police in Caracas clash with anti-government demonstrators who were protesting against the arrest of two opposition mayors.

An international search of the southern Indian Ocean resumes for a second day as authorities try to locate a missing Malaysian airliner.

The UK needs a "bigger footprint" in Mali and other Saharan countries to fight extremism, a committee of MPs says.

Bankrupt Japanese firm MtGox says it has found 200,000 lost bitcoins worth millions of dollars in a digital wallet from 2011 that it no longer uses.