More than a dozen prisoners, some of them believed to be dangerous, are on the run in southwestern Colombia after breaking out of jail in the city of Tumaco.

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir says the disputed Abyei region is a source of potential conflict, a day after South Sudan gained independence.

Qantas Airways says the new carbon tax is likely to increase the cost of its operations by as much as 115m Australian dollars ($122m).

At least eight people are killed as a blast at a munitions dump near a naval base rocks southern Cyprus, knocking out the island's main electricity plant.

Nestle takes a big step towards expanding its operations in China, one of the world's biggest consumer markets.

Senior European Union officials are meeting later to discuss the eurozone's debt woes, with fears growing over Italy's situation.

Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea has become resistant to antibiotics, international research shows.