A university student being held at gunpoint by a masked intruder has been accidentally shot and killed by a New York police officer responding to the attack.
Myanmar leader starts landmark US visit
Myanmar President Thein Sein has begun the first visit to Washington by a leader of his country in nearly 50 years with the United States throwing its support behind his reforms.
Backpacker dies on Indonesian island
A backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say.
The truth about Benghazi
The shelling of the US embassy in Libya is dividing opinion, writes Chief Correspondent Paul McGeough in Washington.
Show goes on for Harris amid sex assault inquiry
Rolf Harris was scheduled to go ahead with a concert on Saturday night, even as he waited to discover whether he would face charges over sex assault allegations.
Meteor strike with moon causes massive explosion
The most powerful meteor strike on the moon ever observed has just been announced by NASA.
New leads in missing toddler case
British police say they have more than 20 suspects in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a family holiday in Portugal six years ago.
Inside Berlusconi's bunga bunga parties
Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts, woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the scandal.
Indonesia executes three on death row
For almost five years Indonesia did not execute a prisoner on death row. But since a Malawian drug smuggler broke that drought on March 15, the floodgates have opened. In the early hours of Friday, three people - all Indonesians and all murderers - were taken from their cells and shot.
Blurred lines mar Afghanistan mission
Details have emerged of Australia's treatment of prisoners.