Rescuers took four days to reach the wreckage of a UN helicopter that crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and finally found the bodies of the four Russian crew on Tuesday, the UN said.

Greece withdrew on Tuesday a proposed measure that would have enabled some tax dodgers to pay reduced penalties in return for disclosure, a finance ministry source said.

The chief suspect in the polonium poisoning of Russian dissident and ex-security agent Alexander Litvinenko said Tuesday he would take no further part in the British inquest into the death, blaming London's decision to keep some sensitive material secret.

The father of the main suspect in the New Delhi gang-rape case said Tuesday he had found multiple injuries on his son's body as a post-mortem tried to establish the cause of death in his prison cell.

Police investigated allegations of abuse against disgraced late television presenter Jimmy Savile in 1964 but officers ignored evidence and routinely failed to follow up complaints, policing inspectors said Tuesday.

British police investigated allegations of abuse against disgraced late television presenter Jimmy Savile in 1964 but officers ignored evidence and routinely failed to follow up complaints, policing inspectors said Tuesday.

Three men have been arrested in Britain as part of an investigation into the alleged sexual assault and false imprisonment of teenage girls at a private Islamic boarding school, police said Monday.

Zambian President Michael Sata on Monday called for an investigation into how the leader of the country's second-largest opposition party amassed his wealth, accusing the multi-millionaire of stealing public funds.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's defence minister on Saturday vowed to investigate allegations that soldiers committed rape during recent fighting in the east of the country and vowed there would be no impunity.

Qantas says it took all reasonable precautions in selling aircraft after a report revealed that a jumbo jet once owned by the Australian carrier had ended up in Iran despite sanctions.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, a one-time top aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron, appeared in court in London Friday on bribery charges.

The Australian Olympic Committee on Friday appointed a barrister to lead its own investigation into drug use and bullying by Australian swimmers at last year's London Games.

Hilton Botha, the detective who bungled investigations into the case against Paralympian star sprinter Oscar Pistorius has quit the force, South African police said Thursday.

South Sydney and Sydney Roosters kick off Australia's 2013 National Rugby League season Thursday against a backdrop of six clubs under investigation for alleged doping and potential links with organised crime.

Britain's top prosecutor announced a shake-up on Wednesday of the way sexual abuse of children is dealt with in the criminal justice system to prevent a repeat of the Jimmy Savile scandal.

US aviation authorities said Tuesday they had opened an investigation into a pilot's sighting of a small unmanned aircraft in the air near New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Benin authorities said Monday a cotton magnate already wanted over an alleged attempt to poison President Thomas Boni Yayi was also linked to a coup plot that has led to the arrests of two people.

British and US detectives investigating the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet over the Scottish town of Lockerbie have met with officials in Libya, Scotland's chief legal officer said on Friday.

Questions by team representatives regarding sexual orientation to collegiate players hoping for a multi-million-dollar National Football League career have prompted an investigation by the league.

South Africa has launched an "urgent" investigation into how unlabelled donkey, water buffalo and goat got into meat products sold in supermarkets.