US golfer Phil Mickelson insists he has done "absolutely nothing wrong" after the FBI launched an insider trading investigation.

Fifa is facing fresh allegations of corruption over its controversial decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

Edinho, the son of the Brazilian football legend Pele, is sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money from drug trafficking.

Siwa Valley, a remote oasis in western Egypt, is a tourist destination with a difference. Its main landmark is salt, used as building material for everything from candle holders to an entire hotel.

German magazine Der Spiegel says PM David Cameron warned the UK could leave the EU if Jean-Claude Juncker becomes president.

Hopes are fading for six climbers who have gone missing on Mount Rainier in the north-western US state of Washington.

The US says it has received security assurances from Qatar, which has taken five Guantanamo Bay prisoners exchanged for a Taliban-held US soldier.

Australian airlines resume flights as a volcanic ash cloud that forced cancellations in and out of the northern city of Darwin disperses.