Twelve former members of Florida A&M's university marching band are charged with manslaughter over the death of drum major Robert Champion.

Police in the Maldives capital, Male, arrest former President Mohamed Nasheed for abuse of office, after months of political tension.

Two people are killed after a crowd storms a jail in Madagascar where the three alleged killers of a French nun were believed to be held.

New York's Dow Jones share index sets a new all-time high, returning to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis.

The fossilised remains of a giant species of camel have been unearthed in Canada's High Arctic.

Police in California launch an inquiry into the death of an elderly woman after a nurse at her senior living facility refused to administer CPR.

Hundreds of people in western Bosnia-Hercegovina hold a mock funeral for their own town of Drvar, in protest at the local economy and unemployment.

Italian ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi hosted prostitution parties at his Milan villa, where he paid women with favours and cash, prosecutors at his trial say.