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.

A young penguin which escaped from a Tokyo aquarium is caught after more than two months on the loose in the Japanese capital.

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.

Australia and the Commonwealth call for restraint in Papua New Guinea amid escalating tensions over the leadership battle, as police block parliament.

Police raid dozens of properties across northern Germany as part of a major investigation into Hells Angels bikers, reports say.