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LONDON (AP) -- He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips, and insists on black toilet paper in his home....

LONDON (AP) -- He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips, and insists on black toilet paper in his home....

The owners of the capsized Costa Concordia say work to re-float the cruise ship is to start in May, and will take a year.

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Bahraini opposition groups claimed Saturday that a man was killed during clashes with security forces, threatening to sharply escalate the Gulf nation's unrest as officials struggle under the world spotlight as hosts of the Formula One Grand Prix. Authorities opened an investigation in a bid to defuse tensions....

MILAN (AP) -- Salvage work to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship from its rocky perch off Tuscany, where 32 people died, will begin early next month and is expected to take a year, the Italian owner announced Saturday....

Wildlife rangers in Kenya shoot dead five suspected ivory poachers during a gun battle and recover 50kg of elephants' tusks.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO forces say two international service members have been killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan....

Queen's 86th birthday marked with 21-gun salutes around UK

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is urging Congress to act on a number of bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the nation has responsibilities that are "bigger than an election."...

An ambulance targeted by thieves during a call-out to the scene of an arson attack in west Belfast will be off the road for several days.

The neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager in central Florida, could soon be released from custody after a judge set a $150,000 bond that will let him get out of jail while he awaits trial.

Daily Sentinel: Juror: Fourth Amendment played minor role in Lawyer case: Trooper's actions reasonable under the circumstances, he says by Paul Shockley:

Two jurors who sat in judgment of Colorado State Patrol Trooper Ivan “Gene” Lawyer said Fourth Amendment principles had either too much emphasis by the prosecution, or little bearing on the main issues at play in the trooper’s trial.

Lawyer was acquitted Thursday on four counts, including criminally negligent homicide and first-degree criminal trespass. Two other counts, including second-degree assault with recklessness, were left undecided by a deadlocked jury.

United Nations observers visited the restive Syrian city of Homs, during a rare lull in fighting between government and rebels forces.

Two people are bailed in connection with the death a 16-year-old girl in York.

Tireless crusader for the rights of the UK's underprivileged

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan said Saturday it will forgive about 300 billion yen ($3.7 billion) of Myanmar's debt and resume development aid as a way to support the country's democratic and economic reforms....

Japan agrees to write off more than $3.7bn (£2.29bn) of debt to Burma as its president continues his first visit there.

A man who admitted killing more than 50 huskies in the Canadian province of British Columbia is charged with animal cruelty.

Paul Murray tells BBC Scotland his Blue Knights consortium will work over the weekend to table a new bid for Rangers on Monday.

BEIJING (AP) -- Her head was ringing from the blows. Once, twice, three times, her husband slammed her face into the living room floor....