A new James Bond film, which will star Daniel Craig as 007 for the third time, has been given the go-ahead and is due to be released in November 2012.

Former US President Bill Clinton says he is frustrated at slow reconstruction in Haiti, a year after the devastating earthquake, but things are picking up.

Fresh protests have broken out in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, where authorities are facing the most serious unrest for decades.

Up to 20,000 homes may now be hit in Brisbane, officials say, as deadly floodwaters surge towards Australia's third city.

Researchers have released the largest-ever picture of the whole sky, comprising trillions of pixels, in a publicly-available bounty of astronomy data.

A judge in the US orders the personal doctor of Michael Jackson, Dr Conrad Murray, to stand trial for the involuntary manslaughter of the singer.

The BBC's Nga Pham looks at the economic challenges Vietnam's Communist Party faces as it prepares to open its five-yearly congress.

An official investigation in Kyrgyzstan into deadly ethnic clashes last year says local Uzbek leaders were to blame.