Plans for a total ban on the practice of discarding fish at sea are to go before Europe's fisheries ministers, with some fearing they will be diluted.

"Vulcan" has won a public vote to name two recently discovered moons of Pluto.

The Syrian opposition reverses its decision to boycott international talks in Rome, after the US and the UK promise to increase their support.

Burma's President Thein Sein is to embark on his first European tour, where he is expected to engage in high-level talks.

Italy's centre-left narrowly wins the vote for the lower house of parliament but ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's party says the election is "too close to call".

World powers and Iran are set to hold their first talks over its controversial nuclear programme since June 2012, in the Kazakh city of Almaty.

The estranged wife of a New York City policeman tells a court about her discovery of his alleged plans to kill her and cannibalise women.

The International Herald Tribune is to be renamed the International New York Times, as it adopts its parent newspaper's brand.