Pro-government media in Turkey accuse prosecutors loyal to cleric Fethullah Gulen of illegally tapping thousands of phones to destabilise the government.

Seven Egyptian Christians have been dead near the city of Benghazi in the east Libya, officials say.

Israeli jets have carried out air strikes in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, Lebanon's state news agency says.

A court in the US state of Georgia dismisses an obscenity case against a man who sent a woman an unsolicited photo of his penis in a text message.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan defends the army's efforts against Islamist militants after more than 200 civilians were killed in recent attacks.

Profits at Sina Corp, owner of China's largest Twitter-like site Weibo, surge in the fourth quarter, boosted by a jump in advertising revenue.

John Dingell, the longest serving congressman in US history and a force behind many landmark liberal laws, announces he is retiring from office.

A North Korean patrol boat violated a disputed sea border with the South several times, Seoul officials say, amid US-South Korea military drills.