The family of a black woman who died in police custody announces legal action against Texas authorities.

Authorities in the Libyan capital Tripoli investigate a video that appears to show Saadi Gaddafi and other prisoners being beaten in jail.

Two passenger trains in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have derailed within minutes of each other, causing unknown casualties, officials say.

Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas, is not among the 10 White House hopefuls who will take part in the first Republican debate.

Israel takes the unusual step of jailing a suspected Jewish militant without trial following the death of a Palestinian infant in an arson attack.

A court in Australia overturns government approval for what would have been one of world's biggest coal mines.

The decline of the Hainan gibbon - the world's rarest primate - has been revealed by a trawl through historical Chinese documents.

Experts are due to examine part of a wing that washed up on the island of Reunion last week and is thought to have belonged to missing flight MH370.