US President Barack Obama rebukes Mitt Romney, as his Republican rival defends remarks secretly filmed at a fundraiser.

Up to a million people in the UK are giving themselves severe headaches by taking too many painkillers, doctors have warned.

Venomous snakes may be a good place to look for new drugs for a range of human diseases, researchers in Liverpool say.

The government's youth contract is not enough to tackle the scale of youth unemployment, a group of MPs says.

An explosion and fire at a gas facility run by state-owned company Pemex in northern Mexico kills 26 workers.

The government-backed "business bank" planned by Vince Cable will need £40bn to effectively boost lending to UK firms, says the think tank IPPR.

Dutch brewer Heineken ends the stand-off over control of the maker of Tiger beer, by garnering the support of a Thai billionaire.

Colombian drug trafficker Daniel Barrera, described by the country's president as "most wanted" is captured over the border in Venezuela.