US President Barack Obama’s campaign raised $181-million in September, the largest total that either side has announced yet.
Australia’s pack outmuscled Argentina to secure a 25-19 victory in Rosario on Saturday and finish the Rugby Championship second to New Zealand.
Radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri made his first appearance in federal court in New York on Saturday after Britain extradited him to the US.
Turkey returned fire after Syrian mortar bombs landed in a field in southern Turkey on Saturday.
Miners at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine have gone on a wildcat strike – a fresh sign of escalating labour unrest in Africa’s largest economy.
Renowned British left-wing historian Eric Hobsbawm, whose writing influenced students and politicians across Europe, has died.
President Hugo Chavez showed off new infrastructure projects on Saturday, while Henrique Capriles accused him of wasting money on foreign allies.
Spain’s debt levels are set to rise, piling pressure on the government to apply for aid as it pours funds in to cash-strapped regions.
Lewis Hamilton has signed a three-year deal with the Mercedes Formula One team and will replace seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher.
Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover, soon after protests rocked the Muslim world.