The US shuttle Atlantis is preparing to undock from the International Space Station and head to home to Earth one more time.

Peru's President-elect Ollanta Humala asks his family not to take advantage of his position, after a brother's controversial trip to Russia.

US officials held face-to-face talks with members of Col Gaddafi's government to reiterate their demand that the Libyan leader leave office, the US state department says.

The price of gold jumps above $1,600 an ounce for the first time as debt worries in the US and Europe escalate.

Cisco, the world's largest computer networking manufacturer, will cut its workforce by as much as 9%, trimming 6,500 jobs.

A man from the US state of Minnesota admits helping men of Somali origin travel to the African country to join the al-Shabab militant group.

Foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian nations (Asean) gather in Bali ahead of regional talks.

Prime Minister David Cameron is to make his strongest defence yet of Britain's foreign aid programme in a speech in Nigeria.