A newly released video shows a black man being shot dead by US police officers as he steps out of a car with his hands raised.

The families of 36 people who died in a New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai will receive compensation, local authorities say.

Chile announces a fresh investigation into the death of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, as suspicions persist that he was poisoned.

The UN urges Myanmar to condemn a Buddhist nationalist monk for using "sexist" and "insulting" comments against its special envoy.

Australia's indigenous Barngarla people win a campaign, lasting nearly 20 years, for the law to recognise their right to traditional lands.

An Israeli man is arrested on suspicion of hacking into the computers of pop stars including Madonna and selling unreleased songs online.

The number of rhinos killed in South Africa last year sets a new record, officials say.

A car bomb explodes killing three people in the Somali capital outside a hotel where Turkish delegates were preparing for the visit of their president.