US President Barack Obama used a youth event to promote his signature healthcare plan while ruing that he is not allowed to keep an iPhone because of security reasons, unlike his two daughters who spend a lot of time on the popular Apple gadget.

"Now, I am not allowed, for security reasons, to have an iPhone. I don't know what your bills are. I have noticed that Sasha and Malia seem to spend a lot of time on it," Obama said in his remarks at a youth summit at the White House on Wednesday.

Germany to ban 'flat-rate' sex offers in brothels

Next German government plans to ban 'flat-rate sex' offers in brothels amid fears industry has got "out of hand" since 2002 legalisation

 Germany's biggest political parties have agreed to ban so-called flat-rate sex offered by some brothels in the country.

British ambassador backs 'mob free' guide to Italy

Christoper Prentice, the UK ambassador to Italy, backs the first English translation of a guide book that lists and promotes 1,000 Italian shops and businesses which are “mob free”

 Southern Italian shopkeepers struggling against violent demands from local mafia clans for protection money have found an unexpected ally in the British ambassador to Italy.

Canadian woman denied entry to US

 A Canadian woman has been refused entry into the US by border officials due to her past history of clinical depression despite the medical records detailing her condition being confidential, it is claimed.

Train derails in New York City; 4 dead, more than 60 injured

 A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed and came to rest only inches from the water on Sunday, killing four people, injuring more than 60 and sending a chain of toppled cars shaped like a backward question mark trailing off the track, authorities said.