Oil prices rose ahead of a meeting of Opec and other large crude exporters that will focus on production increases, as US sanctions restrict Iranian exports.

A Manchester City fan who stormed on to the football field to confront Rio Ferdinand at the end of last month’s Manchester derby has been banned from attending matches for three years.

Wall Street ended an arduous first half quietly with stocks showing mostly modest declines.

Rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs shocked students at a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania high school on Monday when he appeared onstage to encourage them to stay in school.