Gunmen steal $54m in an attack on a van carrying foreign and local currency for the Libyan central bank, Libya's state news agency says.

A Texas judge says abortion restrictions passed by the state's legislators are unconstitutional, allowing a reprieve for clinics expecting to close on Tuesday.

An Egyptian kung fu champion is reportedly stripped of his gold medal and banned after showing support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

The party of Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez suffers a setback in congressional mid-term elections, but retains control of both houses.

The UN's special envoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo says the M23 rebel movement is all but finished as a military threat.

Chinese police seek two suspects from Xinjiang linked to a "major incident" in Beijing, after the deadly car crash in Tiananmen Square, state media say.

A railway line underneath the Bosphorus Strait is due to open in Istanbul, Turkey, the world's first sea tunnel connecting two continents.

Pressure grows on the White House to explain US intelligence gathering and why President Obama apparently did not know the extent of operations.