BP could net a $30-billion windfall from its 50% stake in TNK-BP as it opens discussions with other potential buyers besides AAR consortium.
Oxford-based scientists think they can combat malaria by disrupting breeding with genetically modified insects. But is that safe?
The small town of Tremseh has suffered what may be the single worst atrocity of the Syrian uprising, say eyewitnesses.
Human rights group says blood diamond money being siphoned to finance the president and his secret police.
Chinese police have rescued 3 600 smuggled crocodiles they believe were en route to dining tables in the southern Guangdong province.
The family of South Africa’s former president has spread its wings to take advantage of the freedoms he won for them.
The brother of the Nobel prize-winning Colombian writer says the side-effects of cancer treatment have accelerated his decline.
The Gulf state is daring to flex its diplomatic, cultural and military muscles. And the effects are being felt from the Shard to Syria.
Adverse weather in other major grain-producing countries has speculators betting on costs rising.
Former chief executive of France Telecom Didier Lombard quit his post after criticism of his handling of a spate of suicides among employees.