Investigators are examining a camera fixed to the ski helmet of injured Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher, French media report.

An answerphone message from Pope Francis on New Year's Eve surprises nuns in a convent near Cordoba in Spain.

Neither Hollywood actor Paul Walker nor his driver were under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of a fatal car crash, a post-mortem finds.

The Mexican army takes control of a prison in the south-west after a gunfight between an armed gang and guards left nine people dead.

World-renowned hacker Barnaby Jack, who died in San Francisco in July, overdosed on a mix of heroin and cocaine, a coroner's report says.

The Chinese ship Xue Long that helped rescue passengers stranded on a research vessel in Antarctica confirms it is itself stuck in the ice.

US musician Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, dies, aged 74, in California, of complications from lung disease, his wife Patti says.

Direct talks aimed at ending weeks of violence in South Sudan are due to begin following meetings with mediators in Addis Ababa.