A former CIA Milan station chief asks the Italian president for a pardon after being convicted in absentia of kidnapping an Egyptian Muslim cleric.

Twitter announces, in a tweet, that its planning its stock market flotation - one of the most anticipated since Facebook's last year.

Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America, has measured 83ft (25.29m) shorter than previously thought, according to a new survey.

The state of California is set to raise its minimum wage to $10 (£6.33) an hour, among the highest in the US.

Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan attack the US consulate in the western city of Herat, with several Afghan police reported killed and injured

Amnesty International denounces the eviction of tens of thousands of homeless people from makeshift camps in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Five "sniffer rats" have been in police training in Rotterdam, Holland, learning how to distinguish between scents - including drugs and explosives.

At least two people die and more than 30 are missing after a fire sweeps through a psychiatric hospital in north-western Russia, officials say.