Convicted fraudster and Lib Dem donor Michael Brown has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after going on the run, police say.

The US Supreme Court is to consider whether the use of a drug-sniffing dog outside a private home in Florida amounted to an unconstitutional search.

A Tibetan protester sets himself on fire near a monastery in China's Sichuan province, the latest in a wave of self-immolations, activists say.

Germany and the Czech Republic advise women with potentially faulty breast implants made by France's PIP company to have them removed.

A female Mountie launches a lawsuit alleging her complaints of sexual harassment went ignored - the latest such allegation to rock the force.

The FBI revises its definition of rape for the first time in 83 years, to recognise male victims and drop the need for victims to resist physically.

A judge rules that US boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr will be allowed to postpone his 90-day jail term for domestic abuse - so he can fight in Las Vegas.

The Republican presidential race turns ugly, with a race row and a below-the-belt attack ad, as the candidates face a crucial month of primaries.