The UN Security Council urges Syria to implement a peace plan "urgently and visibly", as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns the crisis is getting worse.

The US Coast Guard is preparing to sink a derelict Japanese fishing boat that has drifted across the Pacific to the Alaskan coast since the March 2011 tsunami.

Fire crews have been rushed to a nuclear reactor in northern France after an escape of smoke but the energy company EDF says the site is secure.

The Supreme Court in Chile has approved a plan to build a hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian wilderness, dismissing concerns by environmentalists.

A "white powdery substance" and drug paraphernalia were found in Whitney Houston's hotel bathroom on the day she died, says the full coroner's report.

Google shows off concept designs for augmented reality glasses that it is developing, confirming rumours about the project.

Leading Italian populist politician Umberto Bossi resigns as head of the Northern League after a financial scandal engulfs the party.

A lawsuit by media giant Viacom against Google over copyrighted videos on YouTube can be heard in court again.