The UK austerity drive could push the economy back into recession, famous investor George Soros warns at a gathering at Davos.

The men who stoned a couple to death in north Afghanistan will be brought to justice, say officials, after footage of the killings comes to light.

Haiti's governing party candidate, Jude Celestin, is being withdrawn from the second round of the disputed presidential election, the party says.

Germany suspends its annual payments to the UN-backed Global Fund against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria, following claims of corruption.

Twenty Venezuelans are diagnosed with cholera after returning from Dominican Republic, which is battling a spreading epidemic from neighbouring Haiti.

A hawk that spent a week circling inside the main reading room of the US Library of Congress is captured.

A US judge rules Texan billionaire Allen Stanford is unfit to stand trial at present over accusations he led a $7bn (£4.5bn) fraud scheme.

Gabon opposition leader Andre Mba Obame takes refuge in the UN compound in Libreville after declaring himself the country's legitimate president.