Germany are crowned world champions as Mario Gotze's extra-time winner beats Argentina in the 2014 Fifa World Cup final.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a series of agreements on nuclear energy in Argentina, as he continues a tour of Latin America.

A tribunal is to hear a legal challenge by civil liberty groups against the alleged use of mass surveillance programmes by UK intelligence services.

The wrecked Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia is slowly being refloated, in one of the biggest maritime salvage operations in history.

Chinese prosecutors have formally filed charges against a British man and his wife linked to the GlaxoSmithKline bribery claims, state media say.

Luiz Felipe Scolari resigns as Brazil coach after the failure to win the 2014 World Cup, Brazilian TV station Globo reports.

One in three cases of Alzheimer's disease worldwide is preventable, according to research from the University of Cambridge.

Samsung Electronics says it has found "evidence of suspected child labour" at the factory of its Chinese supplier Dongguan Shinyang Electronics.