The US ambassador to India has resigned and will leave her post before the end of May, the state department says.

Brazil's president says the atrocities committed during 21 years of military rule should not be forgotten, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 coup.

The entire board of Uruguay's Football Association quits, amid a crisis over violence and security at football games.

Greek police ban protests in central Athens ahead of a meeting of EU finance ministers expected to unlock the next portion of bailout money.

The US may consider releasing Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying for Israel, in an effort to save Middle East peace process.

Germany hands back an 18th Century painting that was looted from Poland's National Museum by the Nazis in 1939.

Two Tunisian policemen are sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a young woman, a case that triggered protests and global condemnation.

Authorities in California have ended the search for a man swept out to sea by a giant wave during a baptism ceremony on Sunday.