Hurricane Ike brings driving winds and rain to the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos, as the storm steams towards the Bahamas.

Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least six people in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

People should consider eating less meat as a way to tackle global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist.

Angola's ruling MPLA party is heading for a landslide win in parliamentary polls, preliminary results show.

Venezuela says it plans to hold joint naval exercises in its territorial waters with Russian forces in November.