A siege at a wheelie bin factory in northern Greece ends after a gunman surrenders, having injured two people and taken another two hostage.

The price of crude oil reaches a three-and-a-half-year high following reports of an explosion at a pipeline in Saudi Arabia.

Drugs gangs are undermining democracy in Latin America by threatening politicians and even running their own candidates, the regional grouping warns.

A tough-talking Arizona sheriff suggests US President Barack Obama's birth certificate may be a forgery, and calls for an criminal investigation.

All but two of the EU's 27 leaders sign a new treaty to enforce budget discipline within the bloc, with the UK saying its proposals were ignored.

Thousands of people gather in south-eastern Nigerian for the funeral of former Biafran secessionist leader Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.

Construction finishes on the Tokyo Sky Tree in Japan - now the world's tallest free-standing broadcast tower completed in Japan.

President Obama calls a US law student to offer support after she was attacked by radio host Rush Limbaugh for testifying in support of contraception.