Vodafone says that its talks about selling its 45% stake in Verizon Communications are "advanced" as it puts a value of $130bn (£84bn) on the stake.

Venezuela's finance minister Nelson Merentes says the economic policies of late President Hugo Chavez and his successor are yet to be successful.

The Taliban have attacked a US base in eastern Afghanistan, with reports of a series of explosions and a gun battle.

Nelson Mandela has spent his first night in almost three months at his home in Johannesburg after being discharged from hospital in Pretoria.

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Five boys are arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire causes "devastating" damage to a school in Lancashire.

Liverpool sign central defenders Mamadou Sakho and Tiago Ilori for a combined fee of about £25m.

A British officer denies claims UK forces mutilated Iraqi bodies at an inquiry into allegations detainees were mistreated and unlawfully killed.