The US and Cuba will on Wednesday announce the opening of embassies in each other's capitals, a senior US official says.

Russian prosecutors will examine whether the Soviet Union acted legally when it recognised the Baltic states' independence in 1991.

Greece misses a deadline for a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) payment to the International Monetary Fund, as Eurozone ministers refuse to extend its bailout.

Russian gas purchases are suspended by Ukraine following a breakdown in talks aimed at keeping supplies running for the next three to six months.

A riot at a prison in Melbourne has been ended by heavily-armed police.

Indonesian officials says 122 people were on board a military plane which crashed into houses in Medan on Tuesday, with no known survivors.

A woman, who was found in the US state of California suffering from amnesia and is believed to be Australian, asks for help to find her identity.

At least 10 soldiers have been killed and injured in a wave of attacks by suspected jihadist militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the military says.