WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says it would be "politically impossible" for Britain to extradite him to the United States for espionage.

At least three soldiers and 24 militants have been killed in a series of clashes in a tribal region of north-western Pakistan, officials say.

Police in New York are looking for a thief who tunnelled into an apartment and took art including works by Andy Warhol.

Two thousand air travellers were left stranded in Paris as further snow hit France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

A food critic for the Los Angeles Times who remained anonymous for 16 years has had her cover blown by a Beverly Hills restaurant.

The only person to visit Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning in US custody other than his lawyer says he is in poor health.

The Angolan national airline grounds its fleet of three Boeing 777 aircraft after one of the planes was forced to make an emergency landing.

At least 30 people are killed when their bus tumbles off the road and down a ravine in the west of Ecuador.