A prison fire in Honduras that killed 360 inmates was accidental and may have been started by a discarded cigarette, officials say.

Former Sgt Frank Wuterich, the only man convicted over the killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005, is discharged from the US military.

Egypt's trial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of protesters during the revolution that ousted him, enters its final day.

The founder of shut down file-sharing website Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, is granted bail by a New Zealand court.

The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has stopped a team of inspectors from visiting a key military site.

Five taxi-drivers are shot dead as they wait for fares in the Mexican city of Monterrey, in an attack that is being blamed on extortion gangs.

A 12.76-carat pink diamond, reportedly Australia's largest, is being cut and polished after it was unearthed in Western Australia.

Indonesian police storm a prison in Bali at dawn after a riot broke out in the night and prisoners set fire to an office.