Asian-Americans now represent the fasting-growing group of immigrants to the United States, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.

More than 42,000 people were trafficked into prostitution, forced labour or armed conflict or kept in "modern-day slavery" in 2011, a US report says.

Reports from Cairo say former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is critically ill and may be close to death, after he was moved from prison to an army hospital.

A Chilean court decides to reopen an investigation into the death of Ronni Moffitt, a US citizen who died in the 1976 bomb attack against Orlando Letelier in Washington DC.

Talks between three parties on forming a new coalition government in Greece are set to resume on Wednesday, amid intense international pressure.

US President Barack Obama says he is encouraged by European leaders' plans to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, as the G20 summit in Mexico ends.

Japan's exports rise the most in 17 months in May easing concerns about the impact of a global slowdown on the Japanese economy.

Turtles killed as they were having sex and then fossilised in position have been described by scientists.