President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismisses a possible European offer of a light-water nuclear reactor. Read more…

More defence witnesses testify at the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants. Read more…

Nigeria's vice-president says the defeat of a bill allowing the president to seek re-election will strengthen democracy. Read more…

The world premiere of The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks, opens the Cannes film festival on Wednesday. Read more…

Paris is alive with anticipation ahead of the eagerly awaited Champions League final between Barcelona and Arsenal. Read more…

Justin Gatlin is denied the outright world 100m record after his time of 9.76secs is dramatically changed. Read more…

Uganda's President Museveni says LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony will be safe if he ends the war by the end of July. Read more…

Shares in African power firm KenGen quadruple as the firm makes its debut on the Kenyan stock market. Read more…

The US releases the first video of a hijacked plane crashing into the Pentagon on 11 September 2001. Read more…

At least 115 people are now known to have died in Brazil, in four days of gang violence and a police backlash. Read more…

More than 30 countries around the Pacific rim test their tsunami warning system by holding mock alerts. Read more…

Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase claims victory in Fiji's general elections, with nearly all the votes counted. Read more…

An asbestos-lined French warship goes home after years of trying to find a scrapyard ready to take it. Read more…

The Dutch immigration minister says she may allow Somali-born MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali to re-apply for Dutch citizenship. Read more…

Israel orders the main cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip to be re-opened, easing restrictions on Palestinians. Read more…

The Palestinian interior minister announces the deployment of a new militant-based security force. Read more…

Indian freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose was not killed after all in a 1945 plane crash, an inquiry says. Read more…

The Indian government holds a special screening of The Da Vinci Code after protests by Christians. Read more…

Carmaker Vauxhall confirms that 900 jobs are to go at its Ellesmere Port factory, saying it must improve productivity. Read more…

Japanese bankruptcies rise in April as the world's second-largest economy tries to keep on the road to recovery. Read more…

Stress during pregnancy can help development rather than restrict it, US research suggests. Read more…

Nuclear energy is not the "sole answer" to meeting UK energy needs but must be considered, Tony Blair says. Read more…

US satellite broadcaster XM is being sued over a gadget that lets people record what they are listening to. Read more…

A Stradivarius violin smashes the record for a musical instrument sold at auction, selling for $3.5m. Read more…

AP - Supporters of immigration legislation predict the Senate will pass a bill giving millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. Read more…