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US President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party raise a combined $43.6m in April, down from a total of $53m a month earlier.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama raised a combined $43.6 million in April for his campaign and the Democratic Party as he faces a unifying Republican effort around Mitt Romney for the White House....

Actor Will Smith tried his hand at Olympic sports when he met members from Team GB at the Ethos Centre at Imperial College in London.

A council apologises after a Labour candidate lost an election when votes were wrongly given to a Conservative rival with a similar name.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a corporate raider more interested in making profits than in the needs of workers....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language....

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A retired state judge supported by marijuana advocates has defeated a former federal prosecutor in a Democratic primary race for attorney general that focused on Oregon's medical marijuana law....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli company has written off its entire 12.5 percent investment in the company that sold Egyptian natural gas to Israel before Egypt terminated the exports....

CHICAGO (AP) -- A groom whose bride had sought to keep their impending wedding secret from most of her family is wanted on a murder charge after his new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub in her suburban Chicago home just hours after the ceremony, still dressed in silver sequins....

The BBC's Gareth Mitchell discusses whether it is possible to be addicted to social networks like Facebook with psychologist Dr Cecilie Andreassen.

AP/Yahoo! News | With jobs in short supply, Americans will be comforted to know that illegals can still hold down careers.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Clashes between government troops and al-Qaida fighters left 19 people dead in southern Yemen on Wednesday, military officials said....

Sharif Christopher Matar | Ron Paul's fans understand that Ron Paul is not just out to win an election.

John LaForge | Chronicling NATO's global crime spree, and asking: has NATO ever done anything useful to the world?

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The shadowy financial adviser of the late Yasser Arafat is being sought on suspicion he stole millions of dollars in public funds, the top Palestinian anti-corruption campaigner said Wednesday....

Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.

Petrol was used to start a fire at a house in Derby in which six children died, police have said at a news conference alongside the grief-stricken parents.

MIAMI — Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

ABC News reports (http://abcn.ws/K3tcvN) the medical records were part of evidence released Tuesday that prosecutors have ...

Schooling in England should not start until the age of six because having formal lessons too early can put bright children off learning, research claims.

Prime Minister David Cameron says the eurozone must make a decision soon on whether to stay together.