Three-quarters of the oil that has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico poses no further risk to wildlife, according to an investigation.

Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange says 75,000-plus Afghan war documents "only scratched the surface" and 15,000 more papers were still being reviewed.

On the way to Washington, British Prime Minister David Cameron says he wants to talk about Afghanistan, Middle East peace prospects and the global economy. Everyone else wants to talk about BP.

Rhinebeck - a town in New York is abuzz over hosting Chelsea Clinton's wedding.

Scandal-hit former US senator John Edwards is facing yet another round of very public humiliation.

'Some drivers who said their Toyotas and Lexuses surged out of control were mistakenly flooring the accelerator.'

General David Petraeus has formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan.

A top drug gang enforcer says he ordered the killing of a US consulate worker because she helped provide visas to a rival gang.

Republican chief Michael Steele has drawn fire from his own party for calling the commitment of US troops to Afghanistan a 'war of Obama's choosing'.

BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of help and making little use of volunteers

The so-called 'Stalingrad stunner' slept, shopped and schmoozed her way across London and New York's high society.

An ex-KGB officer claims that Russian intelligence services are running 40 to 50 couples as deep cover agents in the US.

General Stanley McChrystal deserved to be fired as the United States commander in Afghanistan, writes Gwynne Dwyer.

Two words on journalist Michael Hasting's initial pitch to trail Stanley McChrystal appear to have tickled his PR staff's fancy: Rolling Stone.