Questions are raised over the handling of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death, as Republicans and Democrats battle over his successor.

A $21m collection of jewellery that once belonged to the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, is to be sold at auction.

Computer systems at a Hollywood medical centre have been offline for more than a week following a "ransomware" attack.

Biologists describe a new species of extinct plant, based on two fossil flowers that were trapped in chunks of amber for at least 15 million years.

Pope Francis asks Mexican indigenous people in Chiapas state for forgiveness over the way they have been excluded and marginalised from society.

France and Turkey say strikes on hospitals in northern Syria constitute war crimes, as the UN reports that up to 50 people have been killed.

Stars from the music world have gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for this year's Grammy Awards.

Former world number one Rafael Nadal says he is "not scared" of the Zika virus before this week's Rio Open.