US military prosecutors conclude their case against the man who admits killing 13 soldiers during the 2009 attack at Fort Hood Army base in Texas.

Security forces in Pakistan say they have seized 100 tonnes of bomb-making materials and arrested 10 people in a raid in the south-west of the country.

An Egyptian court is to review a petition to release deposed President Hosni Mubarak, as EU ministers discuss aid in the wake of recent violence.

A shutdown is called in India's Pune city to protest against Tuesday's killing of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar.

Chemical weapons attacks have killed dozens of people near Damascus, Syrian opposition activists claim.

Brazilian health officials ban a batch of Mexican-made Heinz tomator ketchup after traces of rodent fur are detected.

German authorities investigate how a man wearing only his underwear and carrying drugs managed to stage a one-man party on an official government plane.

A man who shot and killed himself at actress Olivia Newton-John's Florida home was a contractor working on the property, police say.