New details emerge in the US case against Megaupload, including five additional counts of wire fraud and three of copyright infringement.

Argentina condemns a planned visit to the Falkland Islands by British MPs as another sign of the UK's "militarisation" of the dispute.

Pope Benedict XVI is set to formally welcome 22 new cardinals into the elite circle which will elect the 84-year-old's successor.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoes a same-sex marriage bill passed by the state legislature, while Maryland legislators back a similar bill.

The murder rate in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez dropped by 45% between 2010 and 2011, says President Felipe Calderon.

Honduran officials say 355 people died in Tuesday's massive prison fire, as bodies are taken to a mortuary in the capital for the identification.

Japan's Emperor Akihito is undergoing a heart bypass operation at a Tokyo hospital, after months of poor health.

The UN says the number of Malian refugees fleeing fighting between Tuareg rebels and the military has doubled over the past 10 days.