Workers are racing against time to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil slick hitting the coast of the southern United States.

Three people including a pregnant woman have died after protesters threw petrol bombs into a bank in central Athens.

Prison officials in France have praised a scheme, that allows inmates to keep pets, for having a positive effect.

Three people have died after protesters threw petrol bombs into a bank in central Athens.

BP chief executive Tony Hayward has insisted the company is winning the race to contain the Gulf Coast oil spill.

The German Chancellor has pledged to contribute to an aid package for debt-stricken Greece, dropping earlier resistance to help.

An oil painting by Picasso has sold for $106.5 million in New York, setting a new record for art sold at auction.

The mother of a US teenager who ran onto the field at a baseball game, where he was tasered, has apologised for her son's actions.