May 17, 2013 Rolf Harris is going ahead with his second concert of the year, organisers say, even as he waits to discover whether he will face charges over sex assault allegations.

May 17, 2013 Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods.

May 17, 2013 Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message describing the attack as retribution for US wars in Muslim countries, CBS News reported on Thursday.

May 17, 2013 Six people were dead and seven missing after a powerful tornado ripped through a neighbourhood that included housing for the poor in the north

May 16, 2013 Washington's top tax official has been fired as President Barack Obama seeks to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny.

May 16, 2013 WASHINGTON: The acting head of the US Internal Revenue Service has quit after the tax office became embroiled in a controversy over the targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

May 16, 2013 Lawmakers pounded US Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday with questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records, and grew frustrated when he said he had limited answers.

May 16, 2013 Google has steered the focus at this year's developers' conference away from gimmicks and back to its core online offerings.

May 16, 2013 The United States said on Wednesday it is concerned with the increase in tensions between Taiwan and the Philippines over the killing of a fisherman from Taiwan last week and urged them to work their through their differences as quickly as possible.

May 16, 2013 Russian state television aired footage Wednesday from Russia's security services claiming that another alleged American spy was expelled earlier this year.