Thousands of nationalist Serbs rally in Belgrade against the arrest for war crimes of ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic.

Close to seven million hectares of land has been stolen from the rightful owners over the past 25 years in Colombia, a minister says.

At least 10 people are killed in a bomb blast near an army barracks in northern Nigeria on the day Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as president.

South African President Jacob Zuma is heading for Libya for an African Union-sponsored mission to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Female copper butterflies close their wings to avoid the attention of persistent males, say scientists.

The US city of Joplin remembers the time exactly one week ago a devastating tornado struck, as visiting President Barack Obama pays tribute.

The number of people displaced from Sudan's disputed Abyei region after its seizure by northern troops reaches 150,000, a southern minister says.

Christine Lagarde plans to visit China, India and Brazil to drum up support for her bid to head the International Monetary Fund.