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A helicopter with South Korean and Austrian nationals reportedly on board is missing in an Amazon region of southern Peru, police officials say.

Australian Olympic swimmers Nick D'Arcy and Kenrick Monk are told to remove a photo of themselves posing with guns from Facebook.

Manchester Airport ran out of fuel yesterday, delaying more than a dozen flights. How does an airport run dry?

Iraq executes toppled leader Saddam Hussein's personal secretary and guard, nearly 10 years after he was captured by the US military.

A blood sample from mum and saliva from dad have been used by US researchers to sequence the genome of a foetus.

Five men and a teenager are jailed for between 12 and 30 years after police were "lured" to a pub fire and shot at during riots in Birmingham.

England midfielder Stewart Downing says they do not fear France as the sides prepare to meet at Euro 2012.

Two students have developed a kit that can turn fruit, animals and even humans into keyboards by connecting them to a computer via USB.

A year of celebrations will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of writer Dylan Thomas, and a statue will be erected near his Swansea birthplace.

A Dundee man who failed to complete a community service order so he could appear on the Jeremy Kyle show is jailed.

"Vampire" jumping spiders from East Africa visually identify their victims by their antennae, research suggests.

British or English – is it a false choice?

The remaining 397 Clinton Cards stores have been sold to a US greeting card company, saving 4,500 jobs, administrators Zolfo Cooper say.

The head of the UN says monitors trying to reach the Syrian village of Qubair, where 78 people are said to have been killed, were fired upon.

The United States is to offer millions of dollars in rewards for information leading to the capture of leaders of the Somali militant group al-Shabab.

A 14-year-old boy dies after getting into difficulties in water at a disused quarry in Carmarthenshire.

A motorist who caused the death of a six-year-old boy is sentenced to five years and three months in prison.

Pakistani campaigners say they have made contact with two out of five women previously feared murdered for singing in a wedding video.

Prince William qualified as an RAF search and rescue captain just a few days before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Clarence House reveals.

Some 50,000 UK savers with the Bank of Cyprus are closer to receiving protection for their savings under a UK scheme.