Walt Disney announces the sale of its Miramax film division for about $660m to a group of private equity investors.

The scandal engulfing the French L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt has moved closer to the government of Nicolas Sarkozy. The French Labour…

Pakistanis are less afraid the country will be taken over by extremists and feel less threatened by the Taliban than last year, research suggests.

A roadside bomb kills 20 civilians and injures two dozen more on a bus in Afghanistan, a provincial governor says.

Manchester City are "hopeful" of completing a deal to sign Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli, BBC Sport understands.