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LONDON (AP) -- Energy company Shell has evacuated some of its workers from two platforms in the North Sea that are near an underwater gas leak from a nearby rig....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An AWOL soldier's simple scheme to defraud one of the richest men in the world has landed him in federal custody, according to a criminal complaint....

A Tesco store in central London has a serious mouse problem, environmental health inspectors find.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- More than 1,000 private abortion records from a defunct clinic have been found discarded in a recycling bin outside an elementary school near Kansas City, Kan., prompting a police investigation and outrage from people on both sides of the abortion debate....

Syria's government has agreed to accept the peace plan put forward by the United Nations and Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, his spokesman has said.

The story behind the TV hacking allegations

The chairman of Neath RFC says the club's outstanding liabilities will be met in full as it faces being wound up.

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn pushed back Tuesday against allegations that he facilitated prostitution in France, saying there was "no significant evidence" the former International Monetary Fund chief knew young women at parties he attended were being paid for sex.

TOKYO (AP) -- One of Japan's crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool it, according to an internal examination Tuesday that renews doubts about the plant's stability....

Clashes between rival militias in the southern Libyan city of Sabha leave more than 30 people dead and dozens wounded, officials say.

PARIS (AP) -- A video apparently showing a Muslim gunman's attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school was sent to the Al-Jazeera television network but not by him, French police said Tuesday, raising the specter of a possible accomplice....

England hooker Dylan Hartley receives an eight-week ban for biting the finger of Ireland's Stephen Ferris in the Six Nations.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative justices are sharply questioning whether the government can force Americans to carry health insurance or pay a penalty. That's the key question as the Supreme Court turns to the heart of President Barack Obama's health care law....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative justices are sharply questioning whether the government can force Americans to carry health insurance or pay a penalty. That's the key question as the Supreme Court turns to the heart of President Barack Obama's health care law....

The Cassini spacecraft makes its lowest pass yet over the south pole of Enceladus, an active moon of Saturn which may harbour a liquid water ocean.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The heads of state of the countries neighboring Mali said Tuesday they want to send a "strong signal" to the mutinous soldiers who seized power last week, overturning over 20 years of democracy in this African nation....

The Irish government is to hold a referendum on the European fiscal treaty on 31 May, Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore says.

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Students taking college entrance exams this fall will have to submit photo IDs with their applications - a key security upgrade following a widespread cheating scandal at a number of high schools on New York's Long Island, a prosecutor and testing officials announced Tuesday....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Conceding strained ties, President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Pakistan's review of its relationship with the United States, saying it was important for the two countries to get their partnership right....

US house prices continued to fall in January, but at a slower pace than in the previous month, a closely-watched survey suggests.