US experts investigating reports of undersea oil plumes coming from BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico have found oil below the surface.

US President Barack Obama said he wanted to know "whose ass to kick" over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, adding to the pressure on BP.

Police believe that a Briton shot dead in a Costa del Sol bar was the victim of a contract killing.

At least six people have been injured after an oil well exploded in Texas.

A gunman killed his wife and three other women before shooting himself at a restaurant in Florida.

China will not ease state control over what can be said online, according to a newly-released government white paper.

Demonstrators protested outside an Apple shop in Hong Kong after a recent spate of suicides at Apple supplier Foxconn in China.

Authorities in the Caribbean resort of Cancun were working on Monday to identify six bodies found in a cave over the weekend.