Profits at the online retailer Amazon have dropped 73% after the company invested heavily in the Kindle tablet computer.

A US government medical panel recommends the human papillomavirus vaccine for boys, as vaccination rates for young women stagnate.

Former Guatemalan military ruler Oscar Mejia Victores is sent to hospital to see if he is well enough to stand trial on genocide charges.

Boeing's Dreamliner jet is set for its maiden commercial flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong, after three years of delays.

European leaders are to meet in an emergency summit in Brussels to finalise details of a plan designed to tackle the eurozone debt crisis.

About 40 people are injured, three fatally, after a fuel tanker explodes in northern Afghanistan, reports say.

Boeing's Dreamliner takes off on its maiden commercial flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong, after three years of delays.

The UK's Sunday Mirror fails to stop Kylie Minogue's ex-boyfriend, actor Olivier Martinez, suing it in France for allegedly breaching his privacy.