The Kremlin says it is "disappointed" the US cancelled a bilateral summit in September, after Russia granted asylum to intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.

New York City's subway, no stranger to exotic sights, has played host to what may be its unlikeliest passenger yet - a dead shark.

Doctors say a British woman has given birth to the biggest baby ever born naturally in Spain - a girl weighing 6.2kg (13lbs 11oz).

Xerox is to release a software update for its Workcentre copiers to address concerns they can switch numbers and letters in scans when put into "normal" mode.

Drinking cocoa every day may help older people keep their brains healthy, research suggests.

More than a quarter of mothers in the UK feel they have been discriminated against at work, a survey suggests.

The US and EU call on Egypt's political factions to end "a dangerous stalemate" after the interim government said foreign mediation had failed.

Three people have gone on trial in Brazil accused of responsibility for the deaths of 199 people in a plane crash in Sao Paulo in 2007.