Natalia Revuelta, who supported Fidel Castro when he was planning his insurgency and became his lover, has died at the age of 89 in Havana.

Hundreds of parents are arrested in north-west Pakistan for refusing to allow their children to be vaccinated against polio.

The Los Angeles police chief says a homeless man shot dead by police had reached for an officer's weapon before being killed.

Venezuela orders the United States to cut more than 80 staff from its diplomatic mission in the next two weeks.

Barack Obama says Iran should freeze nuclear activity for 10 years, ahead of a speech on the issue by Israel's prime minister that has angered the US administration.

A pastor from a Canadian church has failed to return from a humanitarian visit to North Korea, an official from his church says.

Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries - a known risk factor for heart disease - South Korean researchers believe.

Twenty members of a Chinese opera company are killed and 13 injured after their tour bus plunges off a cliff in Henan province.