Veteran entertainer Ronnie Corbett and golf champions Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy are recognised in the New Year Honours list.

A central Maine police chief said Friday that authorities now believe there was “foul play” in the disappearance two weeks ago of a 20-month-old girl.

North Korea has declared Kim Jong-il’s son and successor “supreme leader” in the government’s first public endorsement of his rule.