At least 20 people, including policemen, were killed when Maoist rebels detonated a landmine under a bus in central India.

Three British nationals were on board a passenger plane which crashed in a mountainous area of northern Afghanistan.

Thailand is braced for a potentially bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters after a deadline passed for them to leave their camp.

The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis have arrived at the International Space Station to deliver spare parts needed by the crew.

A light aircraft has hit the roof of a house in the city of Clearwater and landed in the back garden; no one inside was injured.

BP has announced the successful tests on a system to siphon oil from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico.