Two Tunisian policemen are sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a young woman, a case that triggered protests and global condemnation.

The entire board of Uruguay's Football Association quits, amid a crisis over violence and security at football games.

Authorities in California have ended the search for a man swept out to sea by a giant wave during a baptism ceremony on Sunday.

A French artist begins an unusual artistic performance that will see him spend 13 days living inside the sterilised carcass of a bear.

A bullet lodged in an infant's brain in an attack on a church in Kenya more than a week ago is removed in an operation, a hospital spokesman says.

Audio recordings featuring the voices of popes from as far back as 1884 are being made available in a new digital archive, the Vatican has unveiled.

At least 627 people are arrested in Kenya's capital Nairobi following three explosions that killed six people, the police chief says.

General Motors chief executive Mary Barra apologises to the US Congress for an ignition switch fault in some cars linked to at least a dozen deaths.