World leaders call on Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to avoid violence and enact reforms as protests continue into a sixth day.

Rescue workers in Brazil are searching for three construction workers believed to be trapped under rubble after a 30-storey building they were working on collapsed.

At least 10 people are reported dead after a passenger train collided with a goods train near Magdeburg.

Nasa officials gather at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to mark the 25th anniversary of the explosion of space shuttle Challenger.

The Canadian government says Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of former Tunisian President Ben Ali, has requested refugee status in Canada.

Five Somali men suspected of hijacking a South Korean cargo ship in the Arabian Sea are flown to Seoul to face possible criminal charges.

Kim Clijsters beats Li Na in a pulsating three-set final to win her first Australian Open and fourth Grand Slam title.

The son of a senior Chinese policeman is sentenced to six years in jail over a hit-and-run accident that killed a woman, a case which sparked outrage.