Results from Croatia's referendum on European Union membership suggest that a solid majority of people want to join the bloc in 2013.

Sri Lanka has ordered 161 foreign Muslim preachers to leave the country for violating visa regulations, reports say.

Brazilian riot police storm an illegal settlement that is home to thousands of landless workers in Sao Paulo state to reclaim the land for its private owners.

Thousands of workers on a huge project to expand the Panama Canal call off a strike after being promised an increase in the minimum wage.

An unusual white blackbird, which is attracting bird watchers to a Nottinghamshire country park, is captured on camera.

European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree to a phased ban on the purchase of oil from Iran at a meeting in Brussels later on Monday.

The International Criminal Court is to rule whether two Kenyan presidential hopefuls and four other officials will stand trial over violence after the 2007 election.

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion says co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up.