Oracle Software agrees to pay $2m to settle federal civil charges of failing to prevent secret payments in its Indian sales operation.

Police investigate the discovery of a decapitated female head in a river near Toronto, Canada, the day after a severed foot was found nearby.

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he never paid less than 13% in taxes over the past 10 years, seeking to close the controversial issue.

Peruvian officials say Shining Path rebels have killed five soldiers in a jungle area where they now operate in association with drug traffickers.

Japan is expected to deport a group of activists who sailed to disputed islands amid a diplomatic row, Japanese media reports say.

A fire at a nightclub in the popular Thai tourist destination of Phuket has killed four people and injured about a dozen others, police say.

The UK and Sweden criticise Ecuador for granting political asylum to Wikileaks Julian Assange as the diplomatic row over what to do with him intensifies.

The verdict in the trial of Bo Xilai's wife Gu Kailai for the murder of UK businessman Neil Heywood will be delivered on Monday, Chinese officials say.