At least 100,000 people rally in Hungary's capital Budapest in a show of support for embattled Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his government.

Twenty-two show horses worth tens of thousands of dollars die in a stable fire in the US state of New Jersey.

Colombia's Farc rebels destroy a radar station, disrupting civil aviation and anti-drug monitoring across the south and west of the country.

Partial results suggest that Newt Gingrich has beaten Mitt Romney to win the South Carolina primary, the latest leg of the battle for the Republican candidacy in the US presidential election.

Thousands of Guatemalans climb an extinct volcano in a protest against domestic violence in the country, which has one of the highest murder rates in the world.

Arab League foreign ministers are to decide whether to extend their controversial monitoring mission in Syria, amid continuing violence.

The chief negotiators for Greece's private creditors leave Athens without securing a deal to write off some of the country's debts.

Eight of the 12 people known to have died in the Costa Concordia disaster have been identified, as rescuers continue their search above the water line.