The Taliban in Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the bomb in New York's Times Square.

Greece has agreed a 110 billion euro bailout package with the IMF and its eurzone partners.

BP's chief executive is on his way to Louisiana as the worst US oil spill in decades spreads along the Gulf Coast.

US President Barack Obama cracked jokes about his origins at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.