Delegates at a tobacco control conference in Uruguay call for additives aimed at new smokers to be reduced or banned.

A Chihuahua dog named Momo (Peach) is set to join the police force in western Japan after passing a search-and-rescue test.

An international summit opens in Russia with leaders aiming to agree moves to double numbers in the wild.

The US's Yale University has promised to return thousands of archaeological pieces from Machu Picchu back to Peru, the Peruvian president says.

Rescuers have no idea how long it might take to reach the 29 men who are still trapped two days after an explosion at a New Zealand mine.

Campaigners welcome the Pope's comments that the use of condoms may be acceptable in exceptional cases, to prevent the spread of HIV.

Politicians in Iraq are to resume the task of forming a new government when parliament reconvenes after the Muslim holiday of Eid.

A US nuclear scientist says he was shown a vast new nuclear facility on a recent visit to North Korea.