Authorities in central Mexico say a newborn baby girl, who was declared dead but later revived inside her coffin, has died.

Embattled BP chief Tony Hayward is planning to step down within a matter of weeks, a London-based newspaper reports.

Approved pot growers in New Mexico are struggling to keep up with demand from the 2000 registered medical marijuana patients.

The US government allowed BP to keep the cap shut on its oil well for another day despite news the well is leaking.

The brown spots run like a trail of blood down the deserted coastline near this fishing village. Just underneath a handful of sand lies spilled oil.

A top drug gang enforcer says he ordered the killing of a US consulate worker because she helped provide visas to a rival gang.

BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of help and making little use of volunteers

Mexican musicians who perform songs about drug barons have become the targets of rival drug gangs.

There are set to be big winners and losers in the rankings after the Fifa World Cup if early upsets continue.

JOHANNESBURG - Mexico's main doubt going into Friday's World Cup opener against host South Africa is the identity of its striker. Will it be veteran Guillermo Franco or youthful Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez?

BP is done and dusted in the US, for a generation at least.

Oil giant ExxonMobil says new rules to curb drilling should be held off until the lessons from the Gulf of Mexico disaster are fully understood.

Did the banks give F&P a rough ride?