Charles Ingabire, a Rwandan journalist critical of President Paul Kagame, is shot dead in Uganda where he lived as a political refugee.

A report in Saudi Arabia warns that if Saudi women are given the right to drive, it would spell the end of virginity in the country.

The number of war crimes charges against former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic is to be reduced because of fears about his health.

The Israeli government orders adverts that urge Israelis in the US to return home to be pulled amid outcry from the American Jewish community.

Serbia and Kosovo reach an agreement to jointly manage their border crossings, after a series of clashes on the ground, the European Union says.

US Republican Herman Cain is expected to announce on Saturday if he will continue his beleaguered presidential campaign.

US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta calls on Israel to work with Turkey and Egypt to end what he calls its growing isolation in the Middle East.

A 91-year-old Californian woman whose company made and sold suicide kits pleads guilty to failing to file federal tax returns.