Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has defended his government's decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.

More than 1,000 people have died or disappeared in severe flooding in China so far this year.

The graves of Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena have been exhumed for DNA tests.

The imprisoned former media tycoon Conrad Black has been freed on a $2 million bond.

Astronomers have discovered "monster" stars - whose size and brightness exceed what many scientists thought was possible.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have visited the demilitarised zone dividing Korean peninsula.

Tourists and local people soak up the sun on a mini beach with sunloungers and umbrellas along the banks of the Seine.