Police in Montreal confirm a human head found in a park on Sunday is that of a Chinese student allegedly killed by a former porn actor.

An elite Brazilian police unit is sent deep into the Amazon jungle to restore order after members of an indigenous group burned down a police station.

A lifeguard who left his section of a Florida beach to help rescue a man from drowning is given the sack for breaking company rules.

Burmese authorities confirm during the new parliamentary session that Vice President Tin Aung Myint Oo, known as a hardliner, has resigned.

Former chief executive of France Telecom Didier Lombard is placed under formal investigation over a spate of suicides among staff at the company.

Volkswagen agrees a deal to buy the remaining 50.1% shares of Porsche it doesn't already own by the start of next month.

A Japanese panel is to release its report into the handling of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, as the Ohi reactor starts generating electricity.

The body tasked with reforming Tunisia's media laws resigns, citing censorship and a lack of government will to improve press freedoms.