A court in Argentina rules that a shy orangutan who spent the last 20 years in a zoo can be granted some legal rights enjoyed by humans.

A town in Argentina becomes the first in the country to ban beauty queen competitions in its traditional festivities, arguing they are sexist.

The gunman who shot dead two New York policemen told people "watch what I'm going to do" shortly before the killings, police say.

A woman charged with the murders of eight children in the Australian city of Cairns has failed to have her case transferred to a mental health court.

Pakistan's interior minister says police have arrested several suspects in connection with last week's massacre at a school in Peshawar.

South Korea's nuclear plant operator is to conduct drills testing its ability to withstand a cyber-attack, after a data leak and threats from a hacker.

Caretaker leader Moncef Marzouki refuses to admit defeat in Tunisia's presidential election after exit polls suggest a win for Beji Caid Essebsi.

Udo Juergens, one of the best-known pop stars in the German-speaking world and winner of Eurovision in 1966, dies at the age of 80.