It is likely a decision will be made on Friday on where to site one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century - the Square Kilometre Array.

A man in Austria shoots his son in the head at a school, leaving the boy critically ill, then flees and dies in an apparent suicide.

Iran has enriched uranium at more than 20% at its Fordo nuclear site, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog suggests.

The latest round of UN climate talks makes little progress against a "coalition of the unwilling", observers say.

There will be nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season, a "near-normal" season, US weather officials forecast.

A US Senate panel says it is cutting $33m in aid to Pakistan after the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.

At least 25 people have been killed in days of tribal clashes over land rights along the Burkina Faso-Mali border, officials say.

Counting begins at some polling stations after two days of voting in Egypt's first free presidential election, as the Muslim Brotherhood claims a lead.