Police in south-east Mexico find more than 500 migrants from across Latin America and Asia crammed into two US-bound trucks.

The hotel maid who says she was sexually assaulted by IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is enduring an "extraordinary" trauma, her lawyer says.

South Africans go to the polls to vote in local elections after one of the most bitterly fought campaigns in years.

Wildfires fuelled by high winds have blazed through more than a third of a town in Canada's Alberta province, forcing thousands to flee.

The International Monetary Fund should appoint an interim leader following the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn over an alleged sexual assault, the US treasury secretary says.

The US and EU say they will be "taking additional steps" against Syria over its violent response to anti-government protests.

Russia's President Medvedev is to hold his first major news conference since taking office and could shed light on his ambitions for the 2012 race.

The boss of Sony insists the firm acted quickly enough to inform users about a security breach at its PlayStation network.