A man accused of killing seven people at a small Christian college in Oakland, California, is deemed mentally unfit for trial.

Residents in south-eastern Australia have been warned of the risk of catastrophic fires fanned by high winds and record temperatures.

Actor Gerard Depardieu is due in court in Paris on a drink-driving charge, days after he took Russian citizenship in a tax row with France's government.

President Hamid Karzai is due to arrive in the US on Tuesday for a visit that could decide the future of the US presence in Afghanistan.

A leading Iranian MP says oil revenues have dropped 45% because of sanctions, amid reports of airlines cancelling flights over unpaid fuel bills.

Samsung Electronics says it expects to post a record profit for the three months to end of December, powered by growing sales of its smartphones.

Venezuela's assembly speaker calls for a major rally on Thursday to mark Hugo Chavez's inauguration, despite the president's likely absence.

A Chicago lottery winner who died before cashing his winner's cheque was murdered, police say, after officials found he was killed by cyanide poisoning.