British supermodel Naomi Campbell was apparently injured in an attempted mugging in Paris in November, it has emerged.

King Juan Carlos of Spain gives a rare television interview, admitting his 'hurt' at the forced economic migration of young Spaniards.

A Nepalese army officer, Colonel Kumar Lama, is charged in the UK with committing torture during his country's civil war in 2005.

Wildfires blaze across the Australian island of Tasmania, forcing thousands of people to flee and destroying at least 80 homes.

Mormon US Senator Michael Crapo of Idaho pleads guilty to drink-driving and has his driver's licence suspended for a year.

Venezuela's vice-president says Hugo Chavez can begin his new six-year term in office, even if he is too ill to be sworn-in on Thursday.

California lawmakers vow to close a loophole that allowed a man's rape conviction to be overturned because his victim was not married.

A single bluefin tuna sells for $1.7m in Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market. almost triple the record price set last year.