The US military eases its strict uniform regulations to allow beards, turbans, skullcaps and tattoos worn for religious reasons.

TV and film streaming service Netflix sees global subscriber numbers rise 10% in the last three months of 2013 to 44 million.

The biggest union in South Africa's platinum sector calls a strike over pay, the biggest in the sector since the 2012 Marikana massacre.

The Israeli Shin Bet security service arrests three alleged members of an al-Qaeda cell , who, it says, were targeting the US embassy.

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner makes her first public speech in six weeks, ending a speculation about her health after brain surgery.

Bolivian President Evo Morales announces plans to build the country's first nuclear reactor, making it the fourth Latin American country to do so.

Activist investor Carl Icahn calls on online auction site eBay to spin off its payments business, PayPal.

The Moroccan parliament unanimously amends laws that allowed rapists of underage girls to avoid punishment by marrying their victims.