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A points failure caused the Potters Bar train crash which killed seven people, an inquest jury decides.

Over 300 people are killed and nearly 400,000 displaced by floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan.

President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.

Two employees at the US embassy in France are taken for medical check-ups after a suspect package is identified at the building's post room.

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Li Lu, a student leader at Tiananmen Square, founded a hedge fund that has garnered an annualized compound return of 26% since 1998, and is now a leading candidate to run a chunk of Berkshire's $100 billion portfolio.

For decades before the rig explosion, the oil industry, farming and lax oversight have contributed to a dead zone in the gulf.

Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan.

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Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black university workers.

The seeds of the N.F.L. quarterback’s problems, including accusations of sexual assault, were sown long ago.

Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi insists that his ruling right-wing coalition will survive despite a split with his party's co-founder Gianfranco Fini.

Comedienne and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol after one season on the judging panel.

The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

Syria's president is in Lebanon after years of tension between the two countries, on a visit with the Saudi king to try to avert a looming political crisis.

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The skeleton of a man previously thought to be Tokyo's oldest living male resident has been discovered in his family home.

US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 63 service members killed in July.

Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.

A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.