Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years, suggesting she has growing confidence in reforms.

A museum in Italy has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says have left cultural institutions out of pocket.

US President Barack Obama wants the American soldiers behind the "reprehensible" abuse of Afghan corpses to be held accountable, the White House says.

Sweden's cultural minister faces calls to resign after she is photographed cutting a cake in the shape of a black African woman at an art event.

A group of stray cows that froze to death in the Colorado mountains must be blown up or set on fire to avoid water contamination, officials say.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he has been diagnosed with stage one prostate cancer, but that his condition is not life-threatening.

Sudan and South Sudan are "locked in a logic of war" in their fight over their disputed border, two peace envoys tell the UN Security Council.

Mexico raises the alert level around the Popocatepetl volcano after it begins spewing ash and steam.