Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is under investigation for allegedly misusing public funds, and has been told she cannot leave Kiev.

A young bear which escaped from a zoo in South Korea is safely re-captured after nine days on the run.

IBM prepares for a artificial intelligence showdown which will see one of its supercomputers take on two human contestants on a TV quiz show.

Two new assessments paint bleak pictures of the US-led war in Afghanistan, the day before the White House unveils a key review of US strategy.

Mexican president Felipe Calderon says police were led to La Familia Michoacana boss Nazario Moreno when they learned of the drug cartel's plans to hold a party.

Former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders are accused of organ and drug trafficking in a draft report from the human rights body, the Council of Europe.

Investigators are considering the possibility a serial killer may have left four bodies along a short stretch of road in New York state, police say.

A court in the United States indicts Tanja Nijmeijer, a Dutchwoman fighting for the Colombian Farc rebel group, on charges of hostage-taking.