Twitter users pick up rumours, started in China, that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been assassinated.

Greece's cabinet approves a draft bill committing to austerity reforms required to get new bailout funds, amid warnings of "chaos" if parliament fails to ratify it.

Argentina accuses the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, and makes an official complaint to the UN over the Falklands.

One of the sons of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatens to lead a revolt against Libya's transitional government.

Hackers claim responsibility for disabling the CIA website in an announcement on a Twitter feed under the banner of the Anonymous collective.

The Syrian government and opposition blame each other for deadly bombs targeting security forces compounds in the city of Aleppo.

Work to correct a quotation on the new Martin Luther King memorial in Washington DC will end up "scarring it for life", the architect warns.

Jewellery worth $9m (£5.9m), thought stolen from the wife of the US ambassador to the Netherlands in 2006, is found in the Hague.