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Libyan militias are out of control and holding thousands of people in secret detention centres, while the weak interim government struggles to assert its authority, the UN has heard.

The owner of a French breast implant maker at the centre of a safety scare has been arrested in the south of France, police sources have said.

A group of soldiers in Papua New Guinea say they have taken control of the military and are demanding the reinstatement of the ousted PM.

Two buildings - one nearly 20 storeys high - have collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, filling streets with masonry and covering cars with debris.

US President Barack Obama has attacked income inequality as he set the tone for his re-election bid in his third State of the Union speech.

A US marine who admitted charges linked to the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005 should face no time in detention, a judge has recommended. A US marine who admitted charges linked to the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005 shou

Tens of thousands of Egyptians are expected to join protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the first anniversary of the uprising which culminated in the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak.