Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is flown to hospital in Paris after suffering a mini-stroke but is "progressing well", doctors say.

Chris Froome of Team Sky wins the Tour de Romandie after finishing third in the final stage.

Wealthy elderly people who do not need benefit payments to help with fuel bills or free travel should voluntarily give the money back, Iain Duncan Smith says.

The Zambian football fraternity mark the 20th anniversary of the plane crash that killed its entire national football team.

The centre-right opposition in Iceland is set for a return to power, with all the votes counted from Saturday's general election.

The British Horseracing Authority hopes Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin stays in British racing despite the doping controversy.

Israel's prisons service says a fire has broken out at the facility where former President Moshe Katsav is serving time.

The attacks, mostly by the Taliban, added to a growing toll of militant violence in the run-up to elections scheduled for May 11.    

Italian minister: Shooting outside premier's office was `tragic gesture' of unemployed man.

Bomb attacks on two political offices in north-western Pakistan kill at least eight people, police say, ahead of May's election.

Lawmakers continue to work toward agreement on two-year budget, but will adjourn Sunday knowing they'll have to return for a special session.

If you ever find yourself asking, “Do you know who I am?” it’s a pretty good indicator that you are not, in fact, as famous as your hired sycophants have led you to believe, writes Leonard Pitts Jr.

The shooting in Rome unfolded live on television as Italians tuned in to the swearing-in ceremony of the long-awaited government of Enrico Letta.    

Dennis Hale survived a 1966 wreck in the Great Lakes during a brutal blizzard.

Veteran public defender Miriam Conrad's previous clients have included the shoe-bomber.

In a dramatic about-face, Icelandic voters have returned to power the center-right parties that led the national economy to collapse five years ago.

Algeria's state news agency says the president has been transferred to Paris for medical treatment following a mini-stroke.

Australia's Brett Rumford eagled the first hole of a three-way playoff to win the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea on Sunday.

Iraq suspends the licences of 10 satellite channels including al-Jazeera and imposes a ban on their operations for "promoting violence".