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Engineers in Chile have begun drilling the rescue shaft through which they hope to eventually free the 33 men trapped in a collapsed gold mine.

The US troops who are staying behind in Iraq talk about their new role in the country

In the Mexican city of Monterrey, which used to be considered one of the safest urban areas in Latin America, more people are taking to the roads in armoured vehicles as drug-related violence takes its toll.

There are some cities in Europe which feel as though they have a sushi restaurant on almost every corner.

Hurricane Earl is expected to gain more strength before heading towards the US

The European Union is stepping up its efforts to fight organised crime in countries wanting to join.

After seven and a half years, the American military's combat mission in Iraq formally ends on Tuesday.

Vets at Cairo's Giza Zoo are experimenting with the human birth control pill in an attempt to slow their rapidly expanding population of lions.

Emergency workers in Pakistan say flood waters in some parts of the country have started to recede, one month since torrential rain caused catastrophic flooding across Pakistan

As most of Pakistan is struggling to cope with the worst floods in decades, the betting scandal surrounding some of the country's cricket team has shaken already low national morale.

A French climber, known as 'Spiderman', is facing charges after scaling a 57-storey building in Australia.

Former Pakistan captain has said that if betting scam allegations are true, they would be 'the biggest blow to Pakistan cricket'

Over 700 kilos of explosives were used to demolish a football stadium in Brazil

21,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after a volcano erupted for the first time in 400 years

The Canadian owners of Blackberry, Research in Motion, have offered an olive branch to the Indian government in the bitter battle over e-mail secrecy.

Local authorities in northern Spain have invested a record amount in an attempt to attract even more pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela.

Police in Ecuador are investigating what caused one of the worst bus crashes in the country's history.

US President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the people of New Orleans, five years to the day after Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts of the city.

US pilots help Iraq develop its new Air Force

It has been five years since towns and cities along the Gulf Coast of America were devastated by Hurricane Katrina.