A collection of tombs dating back to the Paleolithic period are discovered in the al-Mahwit region of Yemen, local media reports say.

Rescue workers in Brazil are searching for more than a dozen people missing after a landslide buried homes in Rio de Janeiro state, killing eight.

US carmarkers General Motors and Ford report record sales in China for 2011, despite a slowdown in the market in that country.

Researchers show off the largest map of dark matter ever assembled, detailing the mysterious material that makes up most of the Universe's mass.

The stern of a stricken cargo ship which ploughed into a reef off New Zealand three months ago is now sinking into the ocean, officials say.

Olympus confirms to the BBC it is suing more than 10 current and former executives after a $1.7bn accounting cover-up at the Japanese firm.

A deadline nears for Libya to give the International Criminal Court information about Col Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, wanted for crimes against humanity.

Three anti-whaling activists who boarded a Japanese ship will be handed over to Australian officials and are not being charged, officials say.