A Texas police officer is charged with perjury over his confrontation with a woman who died in jail shortly after being arrested.

A state of emergency is declared after a leak at a huge natural gas repository spews methane over Los Angeles for months.

Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress swears in three of its members suspended for alleged election fraud, in defiance of a supreme court ruling.

Qatar becomes the latest country to back Saudi Arabia in its diplomatic row with Iran, by withdrawing its ambassador to Tehran.

The top judge in Alabama asks judges in his state not to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples.

Heavy rains start to fill Australia's vast Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and bring the desert to life, an event that only occurs a few times a century.

Images from the Orthodox Christian world as believers celebrate Christmas, in line with the Julian calendar.

Police in Germany must adjust their tactics following attacks on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve, a senior official says.