Canadian sisters Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe win Winter Olympic gold and silver in the women's moguls.

Voters in Tokyo go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new governor in a race seen as a popular verdict on the use of nuclear power.

Hollywood actor Clint Eastwood is credited with saving the life of a golf tournament director who was choking on cheese at a reception in California.

Scientists may have found a way to erase specific memories, by using electroconvulsive therapy.

The Panama Canal Authority says a North Korean cargo ship seized in July carrying Cuban weapons is free to go after Pyongyang paid a huge fine.

Iranian warships are to sail close to US maritime borders in the Atlantic for the first time, an Iranian naval commander tells state media.

Mexican vigilantes in Michoacan state enter a city stronghold of the Knights Templar drugs cartel, a month after beginning their offensive.

The US is to increase federal recognition of same-sex marriages, giving gay spouses the same legal benefits as opposite-sex couples.