A fifth of the world's plant species is threatened with extinction and human activity is doing most of the damage, according to a study.

A woman has died in a base jumping accident in Malaysia, after her parachute failed to open, according to local news reports.

Intelligence officials have intercepted a credible Islamist-linked terror plot against Britain.

Officials in Mexico say initial fears that hundreds had been killed in a mountain landslide have so far proved unfounded.

Air passengers are facing severe disruption on flights to and from Spain because of a 24-hour general strike by Spanish workers.

A Colombian tradition turned tragic on Sunday when a bullfight spun out of control, leaving three people dead and at least 37 injured.

The controversial pullout of British forces from Basra in southern Iraq has come under fresh criticism from UK and US generals.

The Eiffel Tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park have been evacuated for the second time in two weeks after a bomb alert.

Reuters photographer Brendan McDermid shares his experience covering New York Fashion Week, with the logistics of shooting backstage, the shows and everything in between.

A landslide has buried some 300 homes in a poor, remote area of southwestern Mexico, possibly killing hundreds of people while they slept.

North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-il has given his youngest son his first public title, naming him a general.

More than a hundred women have taken part in a stiletto race in Sydney to raise money and awareness for a breast cancer charity.