The UK austerity drive could push the economy back into recession, famous investor George Soros warns at a gathering at Davos.

Li Na makes history at the Australian Open as she becomes the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final, where she will meet third seed Kim Clijsters.

Japan's exports grew for the second month in a row in December, thanks in part to strong demand from China, figures show.

Brazil's environment agency approves the start of building work for a controversial dam on a tributary of the Amazon but there may be further legal challenges.

Bomb investigators believe a member of an Islamist group in southern Russia may be behind Monday's Moscow airport attack, which killed 35 people.

Amid growing media interest, security is stepped up at a hospital where Nelson Mandela has been admitted for what his foundation says are routine tests.

The first Roma guest of honour at Germany's official Holocaust remembrance day ceremony says his people face new threats.

A car bomb rips through a funeral tent in a mainly Shia area of Baghdad, killing almost 40 people and wounding dozens more.