India's telecoms regulator has put Facebook's "free mobile data" scheme on hold following claims it breaches net neutrality principles.

The US space agency, Nasa, suspends the March launch of its next mission to Mars because of fault in a key research instrument.

Colombia's president signs a decree fully legalising medical marijuana, in a shift away from the country's policy of stopping drug crop production.

A dying Pakistani student says his family has been refused a visa to visit him in Melbourne, Australia.

At least 200 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes in Syria, an Amnesty International report says, quoting witnesses and activists.

The battle to drive Islamic State fighters out of central Ramadi enters its second day as Iraqi special forces fight the militants street by street.

A man buried in rubble for more than 60 hours after a landslide hit Shenzhen in China is pulled out alive, state media says.

A New Zealand court rules that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is eligible to be extradited to the United States to face charges of copyright infringement.