Sudan orders Kenya's ambassador out after a Kenyan judge issues an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, the foreign ministry says.

The mother of a 16-year-old boy arrested in Ohio over the deaths of three men responding to a Craigslist jobs advert tells US media her son is innocent.

Vote counting is underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo after presidential and parliamentary elections marred by accusations of vote rigging.

Lana Peters, the only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, dies of colon cancer at a care home in the US state of Wisconsin, aged 85.

Kuwait's prime minister resigns along with his government, following a growing row with his parliamentary opponents about alleged corruption.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain denies claims by a Georgia woman that she had a 13-year extramarital affair with him.

A "soft" robot inspired by squid and starfish can crawl, undulate, and squeeze under obstacles, researchers say.

The UN says former Libyan rebels are still holding about 7,000 prisoners without access to legal process because police and courts are not working.