Electronics giant Sony said it has stopped producing its PlayStation 2 consoles in Japan, fuelling online rumours a PlayStation 4 is in the pipeline.
London bade farewell to a golden year of Olympic and royal spectaculars with a fireworks extravaganza over the River Thames that welcomed in 2013.
Sydney’s skyline has erupted with fireworks as revellers cheered in the new year from the city’s harbour in the world’s first major 2013 celebration.
India’s government is to roll out the first phase of its hugely ambitious plans to hand out cash to welfare claimants.
Nearly 90% of those who have died in Syria’s 21-month conflict were killed in 2012, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said.
Fans at this week’s final Australia-Sri Lanka Test in Sydney have been asked to wear tributes to the late Tony Greig and retiring batsman Mike Hussey.
Two people have been wounded after security forces opened fire to disperse protesters who attacked Iraq’s deputy premier.
Rebels in the Central African Republic who have advanced towards the capital Bangui warned they could enter the city.
Thousands of Indians have joined protests in a mass outpouring of grief and anger after a gang-rape victim died in a Singapore hospital
The chairman of Zimbabwe’s human rights commission, appointed to help curb rights violations, has quit citing inhibiting laws and lack of resources.