Fifa head Sepp Blatter rules out speeches at the opening of the World Cup after President Rousseff' was booed at last year's Confederations Cup.

A Norwegian woman and her British lover go on trial in Oslo, accused of killing her 22-month-old child under instructions from the UK via Skype.

Dallas Seavey wins the Iditarod, the 1,000 mile (1,600km) annual sled dog race across the US state of Alaska, for the second time.

Canadians get tax breaks for helping build a land bridge so endangered moose can reproduce more easily.

The funeral is to take place in Turkey of a teenage boy who died died nine months after being injured during anti-government protests.

Schools and offices close, and traffic lights are knocked out, as a major power cut hits the Australian city of Darwin.

Malaysia's air force chief denies reports that a missing Malaysia Airlines plane was tracked to the Strait of Malacca, amid an ongoing search.

Russia's leaders are refusing all negotiations with their Ukrainian counterparts, Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov says.