President Hamid Karzai has said he hopes the transition out of war in Afghanistan will mean his country is "no longer a burden" on the international community. more
Some 3,000 people have reportedly been evacuated from an earthquake zone in northern Italy, after a tremor and powerful aftershocks killed six people. more
A man whose daughter was among 270 people killed in the Lockerbie atrocity has described the convicted bomber's death as a "very sad event". more
Facebook's co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan, announcing the wedding through a status update on the social networking site. more
Pakistan has blocked Twitter over "blasphemous content" on the microblogging website, according to a senior government official. more
He was the only person convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie. more
Blind Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng has arrived in New York with his family. more
The school bombing that killed a teenage girl in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably the work of an individual with no links to the mafia, a senior ... more
A car competing in a rally in southern France has crashed into the crowd, killing at least two people and seriously injuring 15 others. more
Greece's former finance minister has told Sky News that if Greece reneges on its bailout deal with the EU and the IMF it will "open the door to hell". more
