Marvel Comics says it is recasting its hammer-wielding Norse superhero Thor as a woman in a bid to attract more women and girls to comic books.

John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff deny accepting cash or campaign contributions from people facing potential scrutiny by the attorney general's office.

EU leaders head for a special Brussels summit to decide who should fill two top EU jobs - foreign policy chief and European Council president.

A court is to rule whether Dutch peacekeepers failed to prevent the deaths of thousands of Bosnian men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995.

The University of Texas in Austin wins a court battle to continue to use race in selecting undergraduates, in order to increase diversity.

China's economy picks up speed in the April-to-June quarter, a sign that the government's stimulus moves have started to have an impact.

Mexico police rescue more than 450 children they believe were abused at an orphanage in the state of Michoacan.

China says the oil rig that sparked a major row with Vietnam by drilling in disputed waters has finished work and is being moved.