US authorities can seize $330m (£208m) linked to Allen Stanford, who was convicted of running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme, a jury rules.

Two people are dead and seven injured after a shooting at a psychiatric clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hospital officials say.

Head of Brazil's 2014 football World Cup committee Ricardo Teixeira - under pressure over corruption allegations - is going on sick leave, officials say.

Democrats in the US Senate vote against a plan that would speed-up approval of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline project.

Talks between Australia's Qantas and Malaysia Airlines about establishing a joint venture premium airline in Asia break down.

One dose of the hallucinogenic drug LSD could help alcoholics give up drinking, according to an analysis of studies performed in the 1960s.

Oxfam says urgent action is needed to stop drought in the Sahel region of West Africa turning into a humanitarian disaster.

Politicians in Italy say the UK did not consult its government before approving the failed bid to rescue a Briton and Italian held hostage in Nigeria.