The Foreign Office is investigating reports that a number of British nationals have been killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

Barack Obama has outlined a vision of astronauts visiting asteroids and landing on Mars as he laid out his new space policy.

A Brazilian daredevil pilot escaped serious injury after his plane crashed into a river in Western Australia on Thursday.

At least 24 people have died and many left injured after a series of explosions happened in Myanmar.

The Library of Congress has announced it has acquired the rights to all public tweets since 2006.

Bodyguards of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president have fired shots into the air to help him escape a rally.

Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in southern Iceland as a volcanic eruption spewed smoke and steam into the air.

The death toll from an earthquake in southwest China has risen to 589, according to local reports.