Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, suffering from gastroenteritis, was admitted to hospital on Sunday, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson has told AFP.
Venezuela’s government has for the first time revealed that President Hugo Chavez has been receiving chemotherapy since undergoing surgery in Cuba.
The Obama administration wants the Supreme Court to overturn California’s ban on gay marriages.
Relatives of some of the western and Asian tourists killed in a balloon accident have arrived in Egypt to identify the bodies of the victims.
Releasing the latest set of half-year results, Arsenal have demonstrated the financial benefits of resisting demands to recklessly recruit players.
British explorer Ranulph Fiennes has pulled out of an expedition to cross Antarctica during the region’s winter after developing frostbite.
Pope Benedict has lamented the "evil, suffering and corruption" that has defaced God’s creation in an address to the heads of the Vatican bureaucracy.
As Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius gets ready for his second day in court, Nike has said it has no plans to use him in future advertisement campaigns.
Reeva Steenkamp’s last wish for her family before she was shot dead at boyfriend Oscar Pistorius’ home was for them to watch her in a reality TV show.
Chicago is plagued by deadly shootings where as many children die from guns every four months as were killed at the school shooting in Connecticut.