A German biologist who offered $100,000 to anyone who could prove measles is a virus is ordered by a court to hand over the money to a doctor.

The US Coast Guard has ended a search and rescue mission for seven Marines and four soldiers likely killed by a helicopter crash

US investigators say they are satisfied Harper Lee wants to release her second novel, and close an inquiry into allegations she was pressurised.

Brazilian federal police arrest fugitive Italian writer Cesare Battisti, a former communist militant convicted of murder in his home country.

Haiti sets dates for delayed legislative and municipal elections, the cause of months of protest in the country.

Indian officials call on Pakistan not to release the man suspected of masterminding the Mumbai attacks in 2008 in which 165 people were killed.

A fired Univision TV presenter has apologised in an open letter after likening Michelle Obama to a character from the film Planet of the Apes.

DR Congo says it wants to redraw the boundaries of Virunga National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site, to allow for oil exploration