Israel says it will speed up the construction of Jewish settlements, after the Palestinians won membership of the UN cultural organisation Unesco.

Honduras deploys troops to combat violent crime, amid public anger at the failure of the police to reduce the world's highest murder rate.

Greek PM George Papandreou secures unanimous cabinet backing for a referendum on a EU bailout, despite shocked reactions from other eurozone members.

US Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain explains how he began to remember allegations of sexual harassment made against him in the 1990s.

Companies from Russia and China are most likely to pay bribes when doing business abroad, a survey suggests.

Vikings used rocks from Iceland to navigate the high seas, suggests a new study.

Expansion in the US manufacturing sector slowed to a snail's pace in October, according to the latest monthly survey.

Australians are shocked after a boat filled with asylum seekers capsizes on its way from Indonesia, and at least eight people die.