A former prosecutor in the US state of Pennsylvania has says his decision not to charge actor Bill Cosby with sex crimes in 2005 is "binding".

Australia's High Court throws out a challenge to the government's detention centre for asylum seekers on Nauru.

Prosecutors in Brazil recommend that soccer star Neymar be charged over four counts of fraud in relation to a tax case before his move to Barcelona.

South Korea warns the North it will pay a heavy price if it goes ahead with its plan to launch a satellite in to space later this month.

David Cameron is to attempt to persuade Conservative MPs to back a package of reforms he hopes will keep Britain in the European Union.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris files a lawsuit against SoCal, the company responsible for a huge gas leak near Los Angeles.

Astronomers capture images of two vast, bright jets of material, fired into space in opposite directions by a distant black hole.

The US state of Georgia executes its oldest death row inmate, Brandon Astor Jones, after a last-minute appeal by his lawyers is rejected.