Mali is on the brink of a major humanitarian disaster following a coup and rebellion in the north, Amnesty International says.

Larry Page posts a letter to his firm's social network a year after becoming chief executive promising improved search.

Arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed the "merchant of death", is sentenced to 25 years in jail by a New York federal judge.

A town advertised as the smallest in the US, current population one, is sold at auction to two Vietnamese men for $900,000 (£569,000).

Peru says it had defeated the Shining Path Maoist rebel group in one of its former strongholds, following the capture of one of the guerrillas' leaders.

A US judge sentences a Mexican cartel leader to life in prison for the murder of three people linked to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez in 2010.

Almost 500 websites in China have been defaced in a large scale attacked staged by the Anonymous hacking group.

The Russian Orthodox Church apologises for showing a doctored photo of its leader Patriarch Kirill in which a luxury watch had been removed from his wrist.