French Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande sets out election policies that target the rich to tackle the country's budget deficit.

BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean's liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.

The Republican presidential candidates are battling it out at a televised debate in Florida - the last before the battleground state holds its primary.

A bag containing 16kg (35.5lb) of cocaine was seized last week at the United Nations headquarters in New York, say police.

The Zetas are now the largest cartel in Mexico, overtaking their bitter rival, the Sinaloa cartel, a report by US security firm Stratfor suggests.

Twitter says it now has the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis, as it continues to expand internationally.

A summit is being held after South Sudan accused Sudan of stealing its oil exports and said it would halt production, crucial to both their economies.

Ivory Coast beat Burkina Faso 2-0 in Malabo to reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.