The Syrian opposition reverses its decision to boycott international talks in Rome, after the US and the UK promise to increase their support.

Burma's President Thein Sein is to embark on his first European tour, where he is expected to engage in high-level talks.

Italy's centre-left narrowly wins the vote for the lower house of parliament but ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's party says the election is "too close to call".

World powers and Iran are set to hold their first talks over its controversial nuclear programme since June 2012, in the Kazakh city of Almaty.

The estranged wife of a New York City policeman tells a court about her discovery of his alleged plans to kill her and cannibalise women.

The International Herald Tribune is to be renamed the International New York Times, as it adopts its parent newspaper's brand.

New evidence strengthens the argument that maize played an important role in ancient Peruvian civilisation 5,000 years ago, a study suggests.

Police in the western Indian state of Rajasthan say they have arrested a man on suspicion of passing military secrets to arch-rival Pakistan.