Libya's authorities are urged to be transparent in determining the cause of ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's death after he was captured alive.

Pakistan wins a UN Security Council seat alongside regional rival India, as a total of six new temporary members are elected.

New York City officials say they could shut a bus service running through an Orthodox Jewish area that has been accused of asking women to sit at the back.

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann denies reports that her New Hampshire campaign staff have quit.

Ten Colombian soldiers are killed in an ambush blamed on the left-wing rebel group, the Farc, in the deadliest attack so far this year.

Republican Marco Rubio, a possible 2012 vice-presidential candidate, admits his Cuban parents did not come to the US as exiles from Fidel Castro's rule.

A doctor who says ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has only two years to live flees the country, saying he fears for his life.

North Korea and the US agree on restarting efforts to recover the remains of US troops killed during the Korean War, after a six-year halt.