At least 31 people are dead in Jamaica after violence triggered by the government to extradite an alleged drugs baron to the US.

North Korea is severing all ties with the South and has threatened its wealthy neighbour with military action.

An Indian hermit has stunned doctors by proving that he can survive without food or water for at least four days.

Gunmen have targetted a gold market in Baghdad, killing 14 people.

NASA officially calls it quits for the Mars landing craft Phoenix, two years after the stationary probe touched down on the Red Planet.