Norberto Odebrecht, the founder of one of Latin America's largest engineering conglomerates, dies at the age of 93.

Geologists discover that the stress applied by gravity is what controls the shape of dramatic sandstone landmarks.

Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker Huawei reports a 19% jump in sales to 135.8bn yuan ($21.9bn; £12.8bn) for the first six months of the year.

China says it has the right to send a surveillance ship to monitor a US-led naval exercise, after US media reported the vessel's presence off Hawaii.

Five people are killed and 70 injured after an Israeli strike hits a hospital in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say

Australia says a man who killed himself and several other people in a suicide attack in Iraq last week was an 18-year-old from Melbourne.

HIV can rapidly form invulnerable strongholds in the body, dashing hopes that early treatment might cure the virus, according to new research.

There is uproar in the Indian parliament over a former Supreme Court judge's allegations of corruption in the judiciary.