Tens of thousands of stateless people in Kuwait, known as Bidun, could be offered citizenship of the Comoros islands off east Africa, an official says.

A Palestinian has been arrested after an Israel soldier was stabbed in what police said was a 'terror attack' in Tel Aviv.

A group of Italian scientists convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict a deadly earthquake in 2009 have had the verdict quashed.

An informal vote on independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia has shown more than 80% in favour, organisers say.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner leaves hospital after being treated for the latest in a series of medical problems.

Investment into renewable energy projects in Australia has dropped by 70% in the last year, according to a new report by a climate change body.

An indigenous court in western Colombia convicts seven left-wing Farc guerrillas over the murder of two leaders of the Nasa tribe.

At least 10 policemen are killed in two bombings on police stations in the Afghan provinces of Logar and Nangarhar, police say.