Former US university student Dharun Ravi goes on trial, facing 15 charges for spying on a homosexual encounter involving his room-mate, who later killed himself.

A gun and bomb attack kills at least four people in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe, amid an upsurge in religious and ethnic violence.

Pakistan's prime minister urges the Afghan Taliban to hold direct peace talks with the Afghan government, in the first such statement from Islamabad.

A Briton accused of selling batteries for Iranian missiles has arrived in Texas and been taken into custody after being extradited from the UK

Norwegian musician and composer Terje Isungset uses his background in jazz and Scandinavian music, to create musical instruments from non-traditional materials including ice.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez travels to Cuba for an operation on a lesion eight months after he first had surgery for a cancerous growth.

A report by a commission examining Canada's policy to separate indigenous children from their families says the abuse created a legacy of turmoil.

A New York judge orders prison officials to remove Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from solitary confinement, where he has spent 15 months.