Convicted rogue trader Jerome Kerviel crosses into France from Italy to face a three-year prison term for forgery and breach of trust.

The Libyan government insists that it is in control of the country despite a series of heavy attacks and clashes over the weekend.

UK drugs company AstraZeneca rejects the improved "final" £69bn takeover offer from US firm Pfizer.

Two Chinese workers at a controversial copper mine in Myanmar are kidnapped by activists opposed to the project, the mining company says.

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to sue US film director Abel Ferrara over his movie allegedly inspired by the politician's sex scandal.

President Obama has been asked to curb the NSA's surveillance after allegations that it targeted hardware made by networking firm Cisco.

A New York woman convicted of assaulting a police officer during a 2012 Occupy Wall Street protest is sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Rock drawings spotted by a tourist reveal ancient Egyptian art "drew upon cultural influences from Africa", claim archaeologists.