Mexico

Suspected lieutenant of Sinaloa gang allegedly behind mass murders of rival Juarez cartel members.

Sinopec to buy a third of Apache's Egypt business in deal worth $3.1bn.

Tottenham are reportedly planning a move for Manchester United striker Chicharito.

New Orleans judge sees no fraud in Deepwater Horizon oil spill compensation claims.

A prehistoric fish measuring over 54ft is the biggest-ever to roam the oceans, say scientists.

Record numbers of foreign tourists visited the UK in June.

Former adviser Samir Khan is 'only person I hate', says coach, after launching legal action

At least 160 fragments of sculptures were found from five or six cat-like figures at the Cihuatan ceremonial center, a site of Mayan origin in El Salvador.

More than 165,000 people have applied to live on Mars and never come back to Earth.

Thousands of fans gather for Morgan Spurlock's One Direction film premiere.

Javier Hernandez wants to stay at Manchester United after turning down a move to Valencia

Army confirms capture of Gulf cartel leader Mario Armando Ramirez Trevino near Texan border.

After decades of UFO sightings, top secret documents reveal area used to test spy planes.

Strange patterns in the Mexican desert are believed to be spaceship landing marks to help Scientologists back from outer space.

Egypt violence, strikes in Libya and Iraq-Turkey pipeline bombing raise supply disruption fears.

Microsoft delays Xbox One launch to 2014 in eight European countries, while UK PS4 pre-orders start to sell out.

BP blocked from receiving billions of dollars in new federal contracts over criminal and civil charges.

Beyoncé's Knowles range of perfumes has reportedly sold over $400m since its launch in 2010

Annual Perseid meteor shower expected to reach peak of approximately 100 streaks per hour during 12 and 13 August

Judge Sally Shushan orders BP to pay Patrick Juneau despite claims of settlement programme fraud.

BP says it has discovered new evidence of fraud and conflicts of interest in the compensation programme

Study to find most recent common ancestors of modern humans suggests 'Adam' is older than 'Eve' .

Silence of the Lambs writer Thomas Harris was inspired by a murderer he met in 1963, The Times reports.

Oil giant BP shells out further $1.4bn in Deep Horizon explosion compensation payments during second quarter.

South African chef told obesity-related health problems would put too much strain on health services.

Andres Guardado says Javier Hernandez would be a brilliant purchase for Valencia this summer.

Halliburton joins BP and Transocean guilty pleas in Gulf of Mexico oil spill case.

British drug maker woes mount in the face of tackling the bribery scandal in China.

Fifty vertebrae of five-meter-long fossilised tail of a dinosaur were unearthed intact in Northern Mexico.

Two Mexican federal agents and 20 gang members killed in shootouts across Michoacan.