An Arizona jury has failed to reach a unanimous verdict on
whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the murder of
her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to order a rerun of the
sentencing phase of the trial.
A Cuban court has wrapped up the first day of testimony in
the graft trial of a Canadian businessman whose prosecution
is part of a corruption crackdown that has shaken the
country's foreign business community.
British police have arrested two more people in a hunt for
accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of
hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for
wars in Muslim countries.
The Cannes film festival has been hit by a second jewellery
heist after a diamond necklace worth 2 million euros ($US2.6
million) disappeared during a star-studded party, according
to upmarket jeweller De Grisogono.
President Barack Obama has outlined plans to limit the use of
US drone strikes against extremists abroad and has taken
steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the Guantanamo
Bay military prison.
