The head of a US pharmaceutical company defends a decision to raise the price of a 62-year-old medication used by Aids patients by over 5,000%.

The former owner of a US peanut company is given a 28-year prison sentence for his role in a salmonella outbreak linked to nine deaths.

The former treasurer of Brazil's governing Workers' Party is sentenced to more than 15 years in jail for corruption and money laundering.

The leaders of Venezuela and Colombia will gradually reopen their common border, shut a month ago by a Venezuelan anti-smuggling operation.

Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman are kidnapped by gunmen from a resort in the Philippines island of Mindanao, says the army.

South Korea will start an investigation into Volkswagen's diesel cars after the automaker admitted to rigging emissions tests in the US.

EU ministers are to try to resolve a dispute about how to relocate more than 100,000 migrants who have arrived on European shores.

Egypt has evicted and demolished the homes of 3,200 families in the Sinai peninsula in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch says.