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Greece is to hold elections on 6 May, bringing an end to Lucas Papademos's technocrat-led administration.

World Bank presidential candidate Jose Antonio Ocampo calls for a change in culture and more co-operation with other global lenders.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was named to what appears to be a top post in the ruling Workers' Party at a special political conference Wednesday, while his late father was declared its "eternal" general secretary....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is said to be losing weight, suffering from high levels of stress and unable even to perform the simple task of buying a soda at a grocery store because of the intense public scrutiny he is under, his former lawyers say....

US shares trade higher after a closing lower for the previous five sessions, helped by strong results from aluminium producer Alcoa.

A tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean is lifted after no significant waves are reported following two earthquakes off the coast of Indonesia.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Ice hockey is hardly the most suitable sport for a desert nation where temperatures can soar as high as 50 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit)....

Sudan vows to repulse South Sudan's army from its largest oil field, Heglig, as fighting continues in a disputed border region.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's president is set to mark on Wednesday 10 years since an al-Qaida truck bomb killed 21 people at a synagogue on the island of Djerba....

One of the leading figures of the French resistance against the Nazis, Raymond Aubrac, has died aged 97, his family says.

A number of Formula 1 teams expect the Bahrain Grand Prix to be called off amid security concerns, BBC Sport understands.

Editors for the LA Times, The NY Times and the Chicago Tribune admitted to deliberately censoring information about black crime for political reasons.

A magnitude-8.6 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, followed by an 8.2 quake in the same region. No deaths or damage have been reported.

Labour's London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone launches his manifesto with an online calculator which claims to show how people will be "£1,000 better off" with his policies.

Shelling erupts in Syria as international envoy Kofi Annan holds out hope that government forces and the opposition will meet a looming deadline to end hostilities.

Instagram, the photo app, has been sold to Facebook for $1bn. But has it sparked a generic wave of retro-looking snaps?

The number of UK job vacancies in March grew at its fastest rate for eight months, led by the IT and computing sector, a report says.

Director of the Royal Ballet Monica Mason is to receive a special prize for her outstanding contribution to theatre at the Olivier Awards this weekend.

A digger is used to steal a cash machine from the wall of a bank in Hadleigh.

A Russian opposition party walks out of parliament in an unprecedented show of defiance after comments by President-elect Vladimir Putin.