King Juan Carlos apologises to the Spanish people for going on a hunting trip in Africa while his country was in economic crisis.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appears fit and well at Independence Day celebrations, scotching rumours about his health.

The US condemns the conduct of several American soldiers shown apparently abusing the corpses of suspected Afghan insurgents in 2010.

The Italian government slashes its forecast for the economy in 2012 and admits it will not be able to balance the budget in 2013.

A woman is charged with capital murder near Houston, Texas, after a woman was shot dead and her three-day-old son abducted outside a paediatric centre.

A proposal to study Jupiter's icy moons - known as Juice - is now the front runner in the competition to select Europe's next big space mission.

A German-owned ship is to be searched by Turkish port authorities after claims that it is carrying arms destined for Syria.

Sudan's president says his goal is to liberate South Sudan's people from their government, as fears grow of an all-out war between the two countries.