Brazil striker Neymar signs a five-year deal at Barcelona after signing from Santos for a fee of £48.6m (57m euros).

Mexican police finds the bodies of three out of eight activists who went missing after a protest in support of local farmers in Guerrero state.

The German language loses its longest word - containing 63 letters - thanks to a change in the law to conform with EU regulations

The Dominican government says a project by mining giant Glencore Xstrata to explore for nickel in tropical forest would damage the environment.

US has unveiled fresh sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's currency, as it increases its pressure on Tehran on abandon its nuclear programme.

A deal between Apple and publishers to set the price of e-books cost customers "hundreds of millions of dollars", a government lawyer claims.

The US says a Patriot missile battery and F-16 fighters to be sent to Jordan for military exercises could be kept there because of the threat from Syria.

North Korea is making “important” progress on reactivating facilities at its moth-balled Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a US think-tank says.