Doctors and hospitals are being urged to stop using medical products from a firm linked to a widening outbreak of a rare form of fungal meningitis.

Spain's economy minister Luis de Guindos insists that his country does not need a bailout "at all".

All 18 children missing after a landslide buried their school in China's Yunnan province died in the disaster, officials confirm.

Supreme Court judges delivering their findings on a big corruption case disagree whether former chief of staff Jose Dirceu led scheme to buy opposition support.

The National Hockey League cancels the first two weeks of its regular season because of a labour dispute over pay percentages with its player's union.

Stem cells have become "grandparents" after generations of life were created in experiments by scientists in Japan.

Samsung Electronics estimates it will make record profits in the three months to September, led by sales of its Galaxy smartphones.

Nigerian police deny that there have been arrests over the killing of at least 26 people at a college hostel in the north-eastern town of Mubi.