Britain has "deep concerns" about the safety and security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, leaked diplomatic documents suggest.

Some Chinese officials do not regard North Korea as a useful ally, according to leaked US State Department cables.

A boy had a lucky escape after he was released from the drum of a washing machine in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, in northern China.

A 15-year-old boy took 23 people hostage in a classroom at a small-town Wisconsin high school shooting himself as police broke in.

Tourists walking along Hollywood Boulevard have paused to take photographs of the walk of fame star of comedic actor Leslie Nielsen.