At least three people have died after an avalanche near a ski resort in the Cascade Mountains north-east of the US city of Seattle.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel backs opposition choice Joachim Gauck to be the new president, after Christian Wulff quit on Friday.

Eurozone finance ministers are due to meet to decide on a huge bailout loan that Greece needs to avoid defaulting on its debt.

Music could have had a big influence on the design of Stonehenge, according to an American researcher reporting at an annual science meeting in Canada.

South Korea holds live fire military drills from islands near disputed sea borders despite threats of attack by the North.

Animated comedy The Simpsons passes a major TV milestone with its 500th episode, guest starring Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Leaders in Japan and China say they will help the eurozone solve its debt crisis through the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Thailand's economy contracts sharply in the last three months of 2011 after some of the worst flooding on record disrupted manufacturing.