An ex-US beef firm worker sues chef Jamie Oliver, ABC News and a food blogger, saying their use of the term "pink slime" helped get him sacked.

An early work by Hans Christian Andersen is found at the bottom of a box near the Danish fairy tale writer's home city, experts say.

Greece is due to receive the latest tranche of bailout funds needed to keep the economy afloat later on Thursday.

Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have observed deeper into space than ever before, reaching back in time to when the cosmos was less than 3% of its current age.

Australia's media watchdog launches an inquiry into a radio station's Duchess of Cambridge hoax call, which was taken by a nurse later found dead.

Pakistan is failing to address thousands of human rights abuses taking place in its tribal areas in the north-west, Amnesty International says.

Angry protesters clash with police in Argentina after a day after a court acquits 13 defendants in the Marita Veron sex slavery case.

EU leaders prepare to meet in Brussels to try to hammer out a banking union deal, seen as vital to bolster the euro and prevent bank failures.