A 5-year-old boy has been rescued after being held captive in a week-long siege in the United States. The 65-year-old hostage-taker was killed when police entered the bunker where he was hiding.
Hazy forecast
Heavy smog which has blanketed Chinese cities in recent weeks is drifting east to Japan. The pollution – mainly from factories in rural China – caused pollution levels seven times the healthy amount.
Nuclear warning
South Korean intelligence suggests North Korea may be about to conduct two nuclear tests. The socialist North vowed to conduct the tests in response to global condemnation of a December missile test.
King unearthed
Researchers at the University of Leicester in Britain have confirmed remains found under a car park in the Midlands belong to much-maligned King Richard III, killed in 1485.
Convictions quashed
Genocide convictions against two former Rwandan ministers have been overturned by a UN-backed court. It found Justin Mugenzi and Prosper Mugiraneza, jailed in 2011, was not responsible for the 1994 death of ethnic Tutsis.
Football scandal
About 600 World Cup qualifiers and Champions League football matches were thrown, European investigators say. More than 50 people have been arrested in connection with a Singapore-based betting syndicate.
Last stand
France’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius says planes have targeted the Islamist strongholds in northern Mali as it plans withdrawal from the conflict. France will hand over to African forces after taking major cities.
King farewelled
Crowds have gathered in the Phnom Penh for the cremation of late Cambodian King Sihanouk, who died late last year. Family lit the 15-storey pyre at the service attended by world dignitaries.
Trial underway
The murder trial against five Indian men accused of the brutal gang-rape of a student in December has begun in New Delhi. The men have pleaded not guilty.
Castro appears
Ailing former Cuban leader and revolutionary Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance. After voting in local elections the frail-looking 86-year-old spoke with reporters and children about recent reforms in the country.
Malala speaks
The Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner for women’s education has spoken for the first time since she was shot in the head by Taliban assailants. Malala Yousafzai, 15, said a fund set up in her name will help ensure education for children.
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