New York City Council votes to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21, a move the bill's sponsor says will save "many" lives.

Rescue workers find the bodies of 87 people, some of whom appear to have been partly eaten by jackals, in the Sahara desert in Niger.

The Dominican Republic tries to allay immigrants' fears after a constitutional court ruling tightened citizenship rules in the Caribbean country.

Argentina's Supreme Court rules that a media bill passed in 2009 is constitutional, clearing the way for the break-up of large media groups.

The former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden will begin work soon with a Russian website, his lawyer says.

Experts say there should be greater focus on the positive effect internet forums and chatrooms can have.

The head of the Nazi secret police, Heinrich Mueller, was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Berlin, Germany's Bild newspaper reports.

Zimbabwe's highest court declares unconstitutional a law which makes it a crime to insult the president.