Wildfires fuelled by high winds blaze through the town of Slave Lake in Canada's Alberta province, forcing thousands to flee their homes.

An Israeli couple name their baby daughter Like, taking inspiration from a social networking site, reports say.

A survivor from a mass killing in Guatemala relives his experiences at the hands of suspected Mexican drugs cartel members.

Texas police arrest a man for the murder of a man found beheaded and dismembered with a chainsaw discovered next to a bag containing body parts.

Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egypt's ousted president, agrees to hand over assets to the state, after being held in a corruption probe, officials say.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is held at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail on sexual assault charges, after being denied bail as a flight risk.

The US National Football League wins a court ruling allowing it to lock players out of team facilities in a collective bargaining dispute.

Toyota Motor car owners in the US can pursue claims that the carmaker caused the value of their vehicle to fall, a federal judge rules.