Sportswear maker Nike saw its quarterly income rise, helped by continuing strong demand for its branded products.

Prosecutors argued that Pte Bradley Manning had contact with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on the fifth day of his pre-trial hearing.

Banks in Cuba begin offering loans to individual citizens, in the latest free-market reform designed to revive the island's socialist economy.

Frankincense - a traditional staple of the Christmas story - faces an uncertain future, according to researchers.

US Vice-President Joe Biden urges Iraq's leaders to resolve a deepening political crisis which has sparked fears of renewed sectarian conflict.

A committee of MPs says ministers must end the "default yes" to development within their changes to the planning system in England.

A recording of David Bowie on Top of the Pops, which was thought to have been destroyed, will be seen for the first time since its original 1973 broadcast.

The authors of two controversial bird flu studies reportedly agree to redact key details after the US says the data could be used by terrorists.