US National Basketball Association team owners move to force the sale of the LA Clippers following the race row that engulfed owner Donald Sterling.

An advisory panel convened by the White House recommends a national data breach standard.

Microsoft says users of its Windows XP operating system will also get the security update it has issued to fix a flaw in the Internet Explorer browser.

Police in the Philippines say they have arrested dozens of suspects linked to an online cybersex blackmail syndicate.

Separatist rebels kill at least 10 people in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, police say.

A theatre in France's famous Palace of Fontainebleau is renamed in honour of the ruler of Abu Dhabi.

Top North Korean military official Choe Ryong-hae has been replaced, state media report, fuelling speculation that he has fallen out of favour with the country's leadership.

South Sudan's president has agreed to hold direct talks to end the conflict in the country with his rival, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.