A Canadian navy intelligence officer is sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to selling classified Nato information to Russia.

A former US ambassador to Mali says France paid ransom money to free hostages and the funds ended up bolstering Islamist groups it is now fighting.

A former US ambassador to Mali says France paid ransom money to free hostages and the funds ended up bolstering Islamist groups it is now fighting.

A Chilean judge orders the exhumation of the remains of the poet Pablo Neruda, as part of an investigation into claims he was poisoned in 1973.

Hundreds of thousands rally in Bangladesh to demand the death penalty for a political leader convicted of war crimes from the 1971 independence war.

US internet firm AOL reports its first year-on-year revenue growth for eight years, boosted by strong advertising sales, sending its share price higher.

Shares in the US credit rating agency Moody's fall 7.7% in trading in New York on Friday amid fears of legal action surrounding rating agencies.

Shares in the US credit rating agency Moody's fall 7.7% in trading in New York on Friday amid fears of legal action surrounding rating agencies.

For the week ending 8 February, here is a look at the news in America - all in 140 characters or fewer.

Monopoly, Beyonce and snow, all in 140 characters or fewer

Boeing warns customers awaiting delivery of new 787 Dreamliners to expect delays amid a continuing investigation into their safety.

Boeing warns customers awaiting delivery of new 787 Dreamliners to expect delays amid a continuing investigation into their safety.

US food retailers are ordered to carry out tests on all beef products after the meat in some Findus lasagnes was found to be up to 100% horsemeat.

People should not throw away frozen meat products in the wake of further revelations in the horsemeat scandal, the food minister says.

Sex abuse allegations of children at a former Royal Air Force base in Berlin are investigated by the RAF police.

Sex abuse allegations of children at a former Royal Air Force base in Berlin are investigated by the RAF police.

The search for a fired Los Angeles policeman who vowed to bring "warfare" to his former colleagues and their families moves to a snowy mountain range.

The search for a fired Los Angeles policeman who vowed to bring "warfare" to his former colleagues and their families moves to a snowy mountain range.

North Korea has often been associated with famine and food shortages, but country's state news agency has released pictures of a national food competition held in the capital Pyongyang.

The annual ugly masks carnival in the Swiss city of Lucerne is staged to scare the winter away and welcome spring.