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

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.

US prosecutors file charges against an Afghan businessman accused of bribing American soldiers to win multi-million dollar contracts.

Rugby star Sonny Bill Williams is criticised by Unicef for posting graphic images of dead children on Twitter after visiting a Syrian refugee camp.

Gunmen attack tourists at an ancient citadel in Dagestan, killing one and wounding 11, in a Russian region plagued by Islamist violence.