World-renowned hacker Barnaby Jack dies ahead of an event at which he was to demonstrate vulnerabilities of implanted medical devices.

Ariel Castro agrees to plead guilty to raping and holding three women captive for about a decade in his Ohio home and will serve life in prison.

Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme dismisses MP Harriet Harman's request of adding a women's edition to next year's race.

Huge rallies by supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist president continue into the night with five people killed in Alexandria.

Cuban President Raul Castro says power is being gradually transferred to a younger generation, at the 60th anniversary of the start of the revolution.

A court hears that a man who rigged up a home-made power plant in his flat could have killed himself and his neighbours.

Australian batsmen Steven Smith and Phil Hughes rediscover their form during the side's tour match against Sussex at Hove.

Sixteen people are arrested by police clearing a blockade that stopped lorries at a site where exploratory oil drilling is to start.