A courtroom heckler cries out that James "Whitey" Bulger is a coward, after the accused former mob boss opts not to testify in his own defence.

A US musician becomes the first person to paddle board between Cuba and the US, accomplishing the 111-mile (179km) voyage in 28 hours.

An official inquest says the explosion that killed 37 people in January at Mexican state oil firm Pemex was caused by a mix of methane gas and solvent vapours.

Eleven people die and more than 40 others are admitted to hospital in the Cuban capital, Havana, after drinking a toxic liquid sold as rum.

Hassan Rouhani is set to take over as Iran's president when the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will endorse his election.

Zimbabwe opposition figure Roy Bennett calls for a campaign of "passive resistance" after election results give Robert Mugabe's party victory.

Rather than wearing mountains down, glaciers act like a protective lid and shield the highest mountains from erosion, a study suggests.

The Honduras government has effectively given up on rehabilitating criminals and left prisons to be controlled by their inmates, says a new report.