A dramatic decline in the number of Arctic foxes on one island is being linked to levels of mercury in their food.

Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill is sentenced to three months in jail and three months of home confinement for evading tax on $1.8m (£1.2m) of earnings.

Four former Brazilian policemen go on trial for the murder of a presidential campaign treasurer and his girlfriend nearly 17 years ago.

North Korea removes two missiles from a launch site on the east coast, indicating a lowering of tension on the peninsula, a US official says.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to host an international conference in London to help Somalia end more than two decades of conflict.

Soldiers who left the Irish army to fight in World War II are finally to receive pardons for being branded deserters.

The officer tasked with stemming sexual attacks in the US Air Force is arrested for sexual assault in the state of Virginia, police say.

Dock workers in Hong Kong end a 40-day strike affecting one of the world's busiest ports.