The US pays 87m pesos ($1.97m: £1.28m) to the Philippines over damage caused to a protected reef by a US Navy ship.

The governor of the US state of Alabama apologises to India after an Indian grandfather was thrown to the ground by police and left paralysed.

At least 1,500 houses were damaged as deadly storms hit the northern Argentine province of Cordoba, authorities say.

The number of civilian casualties of the conflict in Afghanistan increased by over 22% last year, latest UN figures say.

Swiss police are searching offices of the Geneva subsidiary of HSBC bank in an inquiry into alleged money-laundering.

A leader of Bangladesh's main Islamist party is sentenced to death over crimes from the 1971 independence war, the ninth leader to be convicted.

Greece will request a six-month extension of its loan agreement on Wednesday, a Greek government official confirms.

Search company Yandex files a complaint with Russia's competition watchdog about the restrictions Google places on Android phone-makers.