A US jury finds Jordan-based Arab Bank liable for providing material support to Hamas and orders it to pay compensation to victims of terror attacks.

Re-elected Prime Minister John Key says a referendum on whether to change the national flag of New Zealand could be held next year.

A dispute has broken out between Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands over where the preserved body of a Galapagos giant tortoise should be housed.

An explosion at a fireworks factory in China has killed at least 12 people and injured 33 others, local government officials say.

People in India's north-east are told to move to higher ground as heavy monsoon rains triggers floods and landslides, killing at least 10 people.

A white tiger has killed an Indian student at Delhi zoo, officials and witnesses say.

The remaining towers in the Space apartment complex in the Colombian city of Medellin will be demolished following a deadly collapse last year.

Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law, who was an al-Qaeda spokesman, is sentenced to life in prison for terrorism-related charges in New York.