Fire crews in Moscow tackle a spectacular fire that engulfed the top of a skyscraper still under construction.

Communist Cuba declares Good Friday a public holiday for the first time in decades, following a request from Pope Benedict.

The obesity problem in the US may be much worse than previously thought, according to researchers.

France deports two radical Islamists and says it will expel three more in an apparent response to the killings of seven people by an Islamist gunman in Toulouse.

Mitt Romney aims for a hat-trick of primary wins as voters in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington DC pick a Republican presidential candidate.

Asean leaders are meeting in Cambodia, with North Korea's planned rocket launch, Burma's by-election and the South China Sea topping the agenda.

Fiji's government sends teams to assess damage caused by days of severe flooding that killed at least five and forced thousands from their homes.

President Rafael Correa of Ecuador says he will boycott this month's Summit of the Americas in Colombia because Cuba is not invited.