The diplomatic row over Julian Assange "could be ended tomorrow" if Britain offered him safe passage to Ecuador, the country's president says.

Yohan Blake runs the joint-third fastest time in 100m history as fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt eases to 200m victory in Lausanne.

A South Korean court strikes down a law requiring users to register their real identities when posting comments to websites.

The suspect in the Aurora movie theatre shootings made threats and was banned from his university campus after failing a key exam, prosecutors say.

At least three people are killed in clashes between rival tribes Libya's northern town of Zlitan, security officials say.

Police in Peru seize more than 16,000 dried seahorses, destined to be illegally exported to Asia where they are used in traditional medicine.

A Norwegian court is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people last year.

An elderly parishioner stuns Spanish cultural officials with an alarming do-it-yourself attempt to restore a prized fresco of Jesus Christ.