Jamaican police say at least 73 people have been killed in four days of fighting between police and gunmen, as authorities continue their search for an alleged drug lord.

The Gulf of Mexico undersea gusher is the largest oil spill in United States history -- possibly already more than twice as big as the Exxon Valdez spill, government estimates suggested on May 27.

At least seven bodies have been pulled out of the mangled wreckage left when two trains collided in eastern India early May 28, a railway spokesman said. About 45 passengers have been hospitalized.

The Republic of Korea's navy on Thursday staged a major anti-submarine exercise, its first show of strength since tensions with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) flared over the sinking of one of Seoul's warships.

For the first time, Britain announced on Wednesday that it had set a limit on its nuclear weapons stockpile, at 225 warheads, and said it would re-examine its policy on using nuclear weapons.

A car bomb exploded outside a small NATO military base in southern Afghanistan's largest city, Kandahar, on Wednesday, wounding two Afghans and destroying several cars, police said.

Iraqi Airways has dropped flights to London and Sweden after a row with Kuwait over war reparations.

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has vowed to restore order after at least 31 deaths during an anti-drug offensive in Kingston.

At least 17 people were wounded in a pair of airstrikes launched by the Israel Defense Forces in retaliation for mortar shells fired into Israel from Gaza on May 25.

Jamaican security forces hunting for alleged drugs lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke have stormed his Kingston stronghold.