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A Qantas plane makes an emergency landing in Manila as a hole causes it to lose cabin pressure, an airport official says.

Leaders from both sides of the divided island of Cyprus agree to launch reunification talks in early September, the UN says.

Thousands of people descend on ticket booths in Beijing, to get their hands on the last batch of Olympic tickets.

US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrives in Paris for a brief visit on the latest leg of his world tour.

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has talks over breakfast with Spain's King Juan Carlos - who famously told him to shut up last year.

At least 42 people die after their boat sinks on a remote river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.

Commercial shipping is severely disrupted following an oil spill on the Mississippi River in the United States.

Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic has hours left to appeal against his extradition to The Netherlands on genocide charges.

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama lands in Berlin, where thousands are expected to gather for a key speech.

The Arctic holds some 90bn barrels of oil, equal to Russia's known reserves, according to US government data.

The director of a top US cancer research institute warns thousands of staff of possible risks from mobile phone use.

DNA tests in Guatemala prove for the first time a child put up for adoption in the state system had been stolen.

The pilot of an Indonesian Garuda airliner that crashed last year, killing 21 people, goes on trial charged with negligence.

The US House of Representatives passes a massive housing rescue bill after President Bush says he will not veto it.

France's parliament passes a law which effectively ends the country's compulsory 35-hour working week.