European Union backs UN plan for Syrian truce
European Commission and Italy agree to launch regional trust fund for Syria designed to mobilise humanitarian aid for Syrian refugee crisis
Sudan to witness more violence after ICC shelves Darfur probe - opposition
SUDAN-ICC/POLITICS:Sudan to witness more violence after ICC shelves Darfur probe - opposition
U.S. top court rejects Arizona appeal over abortion drug law
Law would prevent women from using the drug between the seventh and ninth week of pregnancy
A million displaced Nigerians unable to vote unless law changed - INEC
Sunni jihadist group Boko Haram has been waging a five-year insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast
Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom" sequel out next year - foundation
The book attacks the greed of former revolutionaries, according to a copy seen by Reuters last year
Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, reports say 2 dead
AUSTRALIA-SECURITY/ (PIX, TV, UPDATE 2):UPDATE 2-Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, reports say 2 dead
Sydney hostage siege ends after police storm cafe, reports say 2 dead
AUSTRALIA-SECURITY/ (PIX, TV, UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-Sydney hostage siege ends after police storm cafe, reports say 2 dead
Brazil prosecutors indict second former Petrobras executive
Bribes have secured a contract on a $586 million drillship off the coast of Africa, prosecutors say
Sisters in the vanguard as Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood battles to survive
With most Brotherhood leaders in jail or exile, women have been thrust into the frontline of the organisation's battle for survival
Security forces storm Sydney hostage siege cafe, gunman named
AUSTRALIA-SECURITY/ (PIX, TV):Security forces storm Sydney hostage siege cafe, gunman named