Judge Joaquim Barbosa, who oversaw the biggest corruption trial in Brazilian history, is to retire as president of the Supreme Court.

Retired Gen Romeo Dallaire, the commander of UN peacekeeping forces in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, says he will resign from the Canadian Senate.

At least three men, including a police officer, are arrested after two teenage girls are gang raped and hanged from a tree in northern India.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will call for a greater role for Japan in Asian security at a regional conference, a move expected to anger China.

US car giant Ford recalls a total of 1.4 million cars, the majority of which are sport utility vehicles sold in North America, due to a possible loss of power steering.

Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko vows to punish "bandits" after pro-Russian rebels shot down an army helicopter, killing 12 people.

Richard III's bent spine would have left him inches shorter, but able to live a normal life, researchers studying his newly unearthed skeleton find.

A court in Ecuador sentences former President Jamil Mahuad in absentia to 12 years in jail for embezzlement.