The most accurate assessment to date of the impact of commercial fishing on sharks suggests around 100 million a year are being killed.

Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, a senior al-Qaeda militant accused of killing Western hostages, has been killed in Mali, Chad's president says.

A report from the Office for National Statistics shows that Britons are becoming more economical with vehicle fuel but more profligate with gas.

A Florida man disappears into a 20ft-deep (6m) sinkhole that swallowed up a bedroom in his house.

Safety experts call for better traceability when consumers buy household appliances like fridges, cookers and tumble driers

President Mwai Kibaki calls on Kenyans to vote peacefully in Monday's general election, and for losers to accept defeat.

Further big cuts in defence spending would lead to the loss of the UK's military capability, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond warns.

US President Barack Obama signs into effect a wave of steep spending cuts after political leaders fail to reach a deal to avert them.