U.N. nuclear experts give a thumbs-up to Japan's planned "stress tests" for its nuclear power plants but leave the question of plant safety to Japanese authorities.

Senegal's opposition June 23rd Movement is calling for a mass rally in Dakar on Tuesday to protest a ruling allowing President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term, as well as to demand the release of dozens of government critics arrested in the wake of weekend rioting that followed the decision.

While reaching out to supporters through one of the latest high-tech means, President Obama expanded his social media experience by holding a Google+ video chat room interview Monday afternoon.

The U.N. Security Council will take up a draft resolution this week calling on President Bashar al-Assad to step down amid the worsening violence in Syria.

Leading polls on the eve of the Florida primary, Republican Mitt Romney depicts rival Newt Gingrich as increasingly desperate in the race for the presidential nomination.

Papers mull over David Cameron's stance at EU summit

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich look to capitalise on earlier wins as voters prepare to make their choice in Florida's Republican primary.

Official figures for deaths in police custody understate the number of people who die after being restrained by police, a BBC investigation reveals.

Two men who say they were rendered to Libya with the help of the UK begin an action to sue one of Britain's most senior former MI6 officers.

A crew of British and Irish men attempting to break the record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean are rescued after capsizing 500 miles from Barbados.