Prosecutors charge US comedian Bill Cosby with indecent assault over an alleged incident in 2004 - the first criminal case after a slew of accusations.

A court in Buenos Aires has given jail sentences to two former Argentine transport ministers for a train crash which killed 51 people in 2012.

A top aide to North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, responsible for ties with South Korea, has died in a car crash, state media says.

A section of the Mississippi River near St Louis, Missouri, is closed to vessels as rising water levels cause "hazardous conditions".

US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he is planning to spend $2m a week on campaign advertising.

A Texas teenager who claimed he suffered from "affluenza" after a drink-driving crash held a going-away party before fleeing to Mexico, say police.

Ten of millions of people will face hunger, water shortages and disease in 2016 as the impacts of a powerful El Nino linger into 2016.

Two class action lawsuits against Facebook by shareholders alleging the social media giant hid growth concerns ahead of its 2012 public listing can go ahead, a US judge says.