Sony is warning users of its PlayStation network that their personal information, including credit card details, may have been stolen.

An election official in New Jersey rules that Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis fails to meet the residency requirement to run for elected office.

A Libyan delegation is in Venezuela in an effort to find a political solution to the conflict in Libya, the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.

A France Telecom worker and father of four commits suicide by setting himself on fire in a work car park near the southern city of Bordeaux, management and unions say.

Ivory Coast's new President Alassane Ouattara says preliminary investigations into alleged crimes committed by his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, have begun.

Forecasters say there is currently just a 20% chance of poor weather conditions keeping shuttle Endeavour from launching on its final mission on Friday.

A UN team is due to arrive in Tripoli to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Libya since the start of the conflict in February.

The authorities in Ecuador are evacuating residents living near the rim of the Tungurahua volcano in the centre of the country after it started spewing ash.