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Ninety-pound birds that once lived in South America wielded their giant, sharp beaks in quick jabs, repeatedly backing away and jabbing again, according to a new study.

A road accident in northern India has left 38 people dead and 37 others injured after a truck crowded with people returning from a party swerved off a mountain road into a gorge, police have said.

A bull turned the tables on spectators at a bullring in Spain, leaping into the stands and injuring at least 30 people.

Police who uncovered two marijuana fields near Canada's border with the US had to tread carefully - as 13 black bears were wandering around the crops.

The last American combat brigade has left Iraq.

The ex-chief of a Nelson Mandela charity is resigning from its board after the revelation that he secretly kept diamonds passed on to him by supermodel Naomi Campbell.

Seven people were killed in a bomb attack in China's far west Xinjiang region.

The US will increase its aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan to 150 million dollars (£96 million), Senator John Kerry said, stressing that Washington does not want Islamist extremism to increase on the back of the crisis.

China struggled to cope with widespread storms that left dozens missing and presumed dead on Thursday as rescuers cleaned up a mudslide-stricken town, while two passenger train cars plunged into a river after crossing a flood-damaged bridge.

Nearly a fifth of Americans wrongly believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, according to a US poll.

The British monarchy's ties with Australia could be at stake as the country goes to the polls this weekend.

A bull turned the tables on spectators at a bullring in Spain, leaping into the stands and injuring at least 40 people.

A man braved an angry bear to rescue his three-year-old daughter after the girl climbed a fence in a German zoo and tumbled into the animal's pen.

Computer chip maker Intel revealed it had reached a deal to buy anti-virus software firm McAfee for 7.68 billion US dollars (£4.91 billion).

The UK government has warned Libya not to celebrate the return of the Lockerbie bomber, the first anniversary of his release from a Scottish jail.

The US has appealed against its own victory in a landmark trade ruling against European subsidies for plane maker Airbus, asking the World Trade Organisation for tougher condemnation of the EU's financial meddling in a market worth more than £2 trillion over the next two decades.

Voting in Australia's knife-edge general election starts on Friday - with the British monarchy's ties to the country potentially at stake.

The United Nations appeared to have met its target of £295 million in immediate aid for flood-stricken Pakistan, after Britain, the US and other nations dramatically upped their pledges.

An American Airlines flight bound for New York City was halted at San Francisco just before take-off, following a threat against the plane.

The company that owned the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico has accused BP of withholding critical evidence needed to investigate the cause of the worst offshore spill in US history.

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