A study by an independent scientific project, set up in the wake of the "Climategate" email affair, concludes the Earth really is warming.

Libya's Col Gaddafi was shot dead during a gun battle, the acting prime minister says.

About 60 students and other protesters in Chile occupy the congress building in Santiago to highlight concerns over the education budget.

Michael Jackson was so heavily sedated before his death he could not have injected himself with a fatal sedative, an expert tells the trial of his doctor.

There is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer, suggests further research in Denmark, based on a study of 350,000 people.

The US Senate fails to pass a key piece of President Barack Obama's jobs bill that would have seen higher taxes on the rich being used to create jobs.

More districts in the north of the Thai capital are told to brace for flooding as water begins to drain through Bangkok's canals to the sea.

Spain's prime minister welcomes a decision by Basque separatist group Eta to end its armed campaign as a "a victory for democracy".