A jury finds Michael Jackson's concert promoters, AEG Live, not guilty of negligence in hiring the doctor who killed him in 2009.

The Gambia says it is to withdraw from the Commonwealth, 48 years after joining the 54-member grouping.

Bolivian police seize $1m in a bag thrown by suspected drug dealers from low-flying plane in Santa Cruz province.

Oil giant BP's attempts to limit claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill get a boost after a US appeals court halts some payments.

A second work by Banksy emerges in New York after a first work by the British artist, who announced a month-long residency there, was painted over.

At least 82 African migrants have died as a boat carrying migrants sinks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, local officials say.

The director of Diana says he has "no regrets", despite the film's "devastating" reviews in the UK.

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde says failure to raise the debt ceiling is a far worse threat to global economy than the current government shutdown.