The suspected head of an organised crime group based in the southern region of Puglia has been arrested, Italian police say.

The Austrian capital Vienna announces plans to erect a memorial in honour of soldiers who deserted from Hitler's army, the Wehrmacht.

A New York taxi driver picks up the fare of a lifetime - $5,000 (£3,000) to drive two friends across the US to California.

Small lasers capable of igniting a fuel/air mixture more efficiently, resulting in less pollution, are demonstrated at a conference in the United States.

Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 10 people in southern Brazil, officials say.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls on Cambodia and Thailand to declare a ceasefire, as border clashes erupt for a third day.

Libya says its army has halted attacks in Misrata to allow tribal leaders to negotiate with rebels, but explosions and gunfire are heard in the city.

An Israeli has been killed, and two injured, in a shooting near a shrine in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say.