The recently appointed tourism minister in western Mexican state of Jalisco was shot to death yesterday.

THE military psychiatrist accused of shooting 13 people dead during a rampage at a US army base is awake and talking, hospital staff said yesterday.

The leader of an apocalyptic sect in New Mexico has been charged with sexually abusing two young female followers.

The US is awaiting a formal UN deadline before seeking any new measures to coerce or punish Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, the State Department says.

A New York jury has ordered Elite Model Management agency to pay €4.7m to a former employee who said she was fired after complaining that cigarette smoke in the office aggravated her asthma.