A sleeping seven-year-old girl was shot and killed when a Detroit police officer’s gun went off while they were searching a house, a police official says.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is urging supporters to use Twitter to blow the whistle on currency speculators while announcing that police raids on illegal traders will continue as his government tries to defend the embattled bolivar.

An Australian chartered yacht skipper has been sentenced to six months’ jail in Papua New Guinea for possessing marijuana on his boat.

A fire in Brazil has destroyed what may be the world’s largest scientific collection of dead snakes, spiders and scorpions.

Police arrested two suspects after an attempted fire-bomb attack on the home of a Swedish cartoonist, controversial for drawing the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, they say.

British rider Mark Cavendish surged to the front at the finish to claim the opening stage of cycling’s Tour of California.

The shuttle Atlantis has linked up with the International Space Station (ISS) for the final rendezvous of its 25-year career, ahead of a first space walk set for Monday.

Roger Federer shrugged off his Madrid Masters final defeat against Rafael Nadal and insisted it’s all to play for at the French Open where he is the defending champion.

Iran has agreed to send its uranium to Turkey for enrichment to resolve the international row over its nuclear program, Turkey’s Anatolia news agency reports.

BP has succeeded in capturing “some” oil and gas by inserting a mile-long tube into the main Gulf of Mexico leak, but would not say if it was a significant percentage of the gusher or just a dribble.