A group of 22 Shia pilgrims travelling on a bus to Syria have been found shot dead in Iraq's western Anbar province, say Iraqi officials.

Libya's transitional authorities should take steps to stop abuses carried out by anti-Gaddafi forces, says rights group Amnesty International.

Texas Governor Rick Perry's lambasts the US federal pension system as Republican White House contenders hold their latest TV debate.

The Italian government is reported to have been in talks with China's largest sovereign wealth fund about buying Italian bonds.

There are growing fears that a British woman whose husband was killed during a holiday in Kenya may have been taken to Somalia by her kidnappers.

A Bolivian man who was the sole survivor of a plane crash is found alive in the Amazon jungle three days after the plane went down, rescuers say.

A judge in Brazil orders work on a new airport terminal in Sao Paulo to stop, dealing a blow to World Cup and Olympics expansion plans.

Indian police arrest a man for sending an email in the name of an Indian militant group and claiming responsibility for last week's bomb attack in Delhi.