A new music video released by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei mocks state power.
The pet monkey that popstar Justin Bieber has not been able to produce documents for is set to become the property of Germany.
Troops have pushed into a rebel-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border, fighting house to house and bombing from the air.
Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital.
A contingent of about 100 Tanzanian troops arrived in eastern DRC on Saturday, a first step in assembling the new United Nations intervention brigade.
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un to ask for the release of Korean-American Kenneth Bae.
Co-ordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns have killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria.
A solar-powered aeroplane has landed in Phoenix after a flight from California that included several hours in the air after sundown.
Colin Slade has scored a second-half try among 15 points as the Highlanders broke an eight-match losing run with a 25-22 win over the Sharks.
A funeral home director has been scrambling to find a cemetery that would bury a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.