The US states of Arkansas and Indiana pass laws to quell the outcry over new "religious freedom" legislation that critics say encourages anti-gay discrimination.

China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang is charged with bribery, abuse of power and the intentional disclosure of state secrets, state media report.

Palestinians are celebrating after Israel's Supreme Court rejects a plan to build the West Bank barrier through a beauty spot near Bethlehem.

A sailor who went missing in January has been rescued off the coast of North Carolina after apparently surviving on raw fish.

Barack Obama says a framework agreement on Iran's nuclear programme could peacefully resolve "one of the greatest threats to our security".

The bodies of many of the 147 victims of an al-Shabab massacre at a university in Kenya are being moved to the capital Nairobi for identification.

Data from the second Germanwings "black box" flight recorder confirms the co-pilot acted deliberately - and suggests he accelerated the plane's descent into the Alps.

French police examine claims that broadcast media endangered the lives of hostages being held at a Jewish store during January's Paris attacks.