Madonna says the angry reaction from some at her recent 45-minute show in Paris was from "thugs who were not my fans".

Ann Pettway, who stole a newborn baby from a New York hospital in 1987 and raised her as her own, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail in the US.

Nine people are arrested and one dies in a Portuguese operation aimed at a ring trafficking hashish from Morocco to Spain, police say.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visits Poland, after remarks he made in Israel prompt criticism from a senior Palestinian official.

Syrian rebels hold their ground for another night in the city of Aleppo as a government offensive enters its fourth day and a refugee crisis worsens.

Taiwan's economy contracted in the three months to the end of June, as the global slowdown weighed on export-dependent countries.

Manchester United plans to sell shares at between $16 and $20 each, raising as much as $330m (£210m) in New York, according to documents filed in the US.

US divers find what appear to be remains of a crew of an Army amphibious plane that went down in the Eastern St Lawrence River during World War II.