The Cypriot economy is "on the brink", the country's largest bank warns, as political leaders scramble to raise the funds to secure a rescue package.

The BBC has become the latest victim of Twitter hackers as several of its feeds, including @bbcweather, are taken over by pro-Syrian hackers.

Three of Col Muammar Gaddafi's children and his widow have left Algeria, its ambassador to Libya says.

Nearly two in three hate crimes in the US are not reported to police as victims doubt police can or will help, justice department statistics show.

India's Supreme Court rules that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt must return to jail for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

An Ohio jury recommends the death penalty for Richard Beasley, convicted of luring men to their deaths with bogus job adverts on the Craigslist website.

The UN is to investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in an attack in Syria's Aleppo province, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announces.

At least 14 people including a leading pro-government cleric are killed by a blast at a mosque in the Syrian capital, Damascus, reports say.