Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is to deliver a WW2 anniversary statement, with China and South Korea concerned he may water down past apologies for wartime actions.

Thousands of people are attending funeral services for a revered monarch in south-west Nigeria, the Ooni of Ife, who will be buried privately later.

A planet 100 light-years away resembles a young version of Jupiter, astronomers say.

Eurozone finance ministers are meeting to decide on a new bailout deal for Greece, after Athens backed the plan.

The supreme court in the US state of Connecticut overturns the death penalty for inmates on death row, deeming it unconstitutional.

US army whistleblower Pte Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year jail sentence for leaking classified US files, may face solitary confinement, her lawyer says.

US officials return to France a $15m Picasso painting stolen 14 years ago and described as a handicraft worth $37 in an intercepted shipment.

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro fails to mention US embassy reopening in letter marking his 89th birthday.