Thousands of websites hosted by one of the world's biggest internet domain registrars and web hosts, GoDaddy, go down but the cause is unclear.

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says his government will not accept conditions from outside over a possible bailout.

Speculation mounts over the whereabouts of China's Vice-President Xi Jinping, who has missed several key meetings in the past week.

Newly released documents appear to back the idea that the US helped cover up Soviet responsibility for the 1940 massacre of Polish soldiers at Katyn.

Andy Murray ends Britain's 76-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion with victory over Novak Djokovic in the US Open final.

Police in Mexico say they have found 16 bodies with multiple bullet wounds in a van abandoned in the western state of Guerrero.

A dispute that has all but halted work on New York's 9/11 museum is resolved in time for the 11th anniversary of the attacks, say officials.

An Ecuadorean engineer taken hostage by left-wing rebels two years ago says he escaped to safety with the aid of a deserter who led him through the jungle.