Dozens have been killed after gunmen stormed a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in an attack claimed by al-Shabab.
Germany has rejected a suggestion it might have contributed to the sarin attack in Damascus after it was revealed the country sold chemicals to Syria.
Salvage crews on the Italian island of Giglio have finally managed to pull upright the Costa Concordia cruise liner.
A UN report detailing the Damascus chemical attack has bolstered the US argument that Syria’s government was responsible, says the White House.
AC Milan midfielder Kaká has offered to go without pay while he recovers from a thigh injury.
UN chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom has found in his report that nerve agent sarin was used in the August 21 attack on Damascus.
Maulana Sami ul-Haq told an interviewer this week that peace would not be possible as long as foreign troops were in Afghanistan.
South Sudan is facing corruption, a lack of public services and repression of government opponents and the media.
In reaching a deal on Syria after what a US official described as three days of "hard-fought" debate, Moscow and Washington can each count benefits.
Tries from Kieran Read helped New Zealand grab victory over South Africa, who had Bismarck du Plessis sent off for two contentious yellow cards.