The World Bank is to give $2m in emergency food aid to tens of thousands of people in the isolated islands of Kiribati in the South Pacific.

Greek unions stage a one-day strike to protest austerity cuts that are part of an international bailout of its foundering economy.

The US justice department is investigating how Google's advertising system treats some unnamed advertisers, the company reveals.

Puerto Rican Norberto Gonzalez sought for one of the biggest bank robberies in US history is captured after 25 years.

A row over how to respond to ever shortening school skirts is brewing in South Korea, with one local education body planning to place boards in front of desks.

Seven pieces of art are stolen from the Palace Museum inside Beijing's former imperial palace, the Forbidden City - in the first theft for 20 years.

Caf president Issa Hayatou 'categorically rejects' claims he took money to vote for Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid.

A US man is arrested after allegedly trying to open an emergency exit door on a Delta flight from Florida to Boston, officials say.