Three Indian cricketers are taken in for questioning by police over allegations of spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament, their team says.

President Barack Obama announces the head of the US tax agency has quit, after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

A California woman convicted of killing her former boyfriend can be executed because of the cruel and heinous nature of her crime, a jury rules.

For the first time scientists have developed a map that shows the world's most unique and endangered species.

A tornado rips through a town in the US state of Texas, causing six deaths and destroying or damaging dozens of homes.

BP appeals to Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene over the escalating compensation costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

Kidnappers in southern Yemen free three Red Cross workers and their Yemeni interpreter.

A contemporary art sale at Christie's in New York makes $495 million (£325m), the highest total in auction history.