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Two Western journalists - Marie Colvin of the UK's Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik - are among at least 27 people killed in new violence across Syria.

Several people are killed and some 550 injured in a commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, officials say.

Ethiopian and Somali troops capture Baidoa, a strategic stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.

A controversial anti-piracy agreement is to be referred to the EU's highest court due to concerns surrounding internet freedoms.

At least six people are killed and dozens injured in Afghanistan as protests spread over the burning of the Koran at a US airbase near Kabul.

Europe's top human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, urges Germany to end the practice of surgically castrating sex offenders.

A briefcase filled with documents relating to a new Franco-British drone project is stolen in Paris, reports say.

Peugeot shares jump 15% after the carmaker confirms it is in talks about possible "co-operations and alliances".

Search teams in Italy find four more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January, Italian media report.

Greece is bracing itself for large protests against further spending cuts, after a 130bn-euro bailout agreed with lenders to avoid bankruptcy.

Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigns amid widespread reports of a leadership tussle between him and Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Tributes have been paid to Marie Colvin, the highly respected American Sunday Times reporter, following her death in the Syrian city of Homs.

People across New Zealand hold memorial services to remember the 185 who died in the earthquake that devastated central Christchurch a year ago.

Blues giants including Mick Jagger, and B.B. King, played the blues at special concert held in the White House.

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