A pro-Russia party wins the most votes in Latvia's snap general election but falls short of an absolute majority, according to partial results.

Libya's interim government forces say they have captured the airport at Sirte, a stronghold of forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.

US President Barack Obama is planning a higher minimum tax rate on Americans who earn more than $1m a year, say White House officials.

Images from the city of Dunedin, in New Zealand, where runners have been racing up and down what is reputedly the world's steepest street.

Some 500 villagers have been demonstrating over pollution fears at a solar panel plant in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.

Sudanese twins who were born joined at the head have been successfully separated by British doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.

German engineering giant Siemens is to withdraw from the nuclear industry following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, its chief executive says.

Forces loyal to ousted Libyan leader Col Mummar Gaddafi launch fresh attacks around the town of Bani Walid.