Syria's main opposition group, the Syrian National Council, chooses a Christian as its leader amid tense talks in Qatar over the group's future.

US defence company Lockheed Martin says its incoming president and chief executive officer has resigned over a relationship with a subordinate.

Former chief executive of Citigroup Vikram Pandit receives $15m after resigning from the banking giant last month.

Two Chevron subsidiaries in Argentina appeal against an asset freeze ordered by a judge as part of an environmental damages claim in Ecuador.

Talks to agree the EU's 2013 budget collapse after some governments object to a request for 9bn euros in extra funding for 2012.

A teenager who helped kill three men responding to a fake job advert on the Craigslist website is sentenced to life in prison.

Bond stars join Javier Bardem as he receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge to a key section of the Voting Rights Act, a civil rights-era law adopted to prevent discrimination at the polls.