US rabbis urge President Obama to negotiate the release of US prisoner, Alan Gross, from a Cuban jail.

Amnesty International says it has uncovered evidence of war crimes in north-eastern Nigeria, where the military is fighting Islamist militants.

A man who killed an unarmed black woman on his suburban Detroit porch testifies he fired because he refused to be a victim in his own home.

LinkedIn agrees to pay $6m in wages and damages after an investigation finds it failed to account for all the hours worked by its employees.

The World Bank announces that it is allocating $200m in emergency assistance to help West African countries contain the Ebola outbreak.

Chinese authorities are investigating a Dandong-based Canadian couple on suspicion of stealing state secrets, state media say.

Israel announces the withdrawal of all of its troops to "defensive positions" outside the Gaza Strip, as a 72-hour truce comes into effect.

Police in Alhambra in greater Los Angeles recaptured a giant tortoise after a brief chase along city streets.