Making any change to the current Nato-led military campaign in Afghanistan would be "premature", US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns on a visit to Kabul.

The Puyehue volcano in southern Chile has begun erupting, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people living in the nearby area.

The fallout from the Fifa corruption row continues with the suspension by Concacaf of its acting president, Lisle Austin, days after he tried to sack general secretary Chuck Blazer.

Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong attend a candlelight vigil to mark the 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.

Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh has flown to Saudi Arabia, a day after he was wounded, Saudi officials say.

Brazil's government unveils a broad initiative to help some 16 million impoverished Brazilians and eradicate extreme poverty by 2014.

Two presidential candidates from opposite sides of the political spectrum face off in a race that seems too close to call.

Voters in Portugal are due to go to the polls to choose a new government as the burden of the 78bn euro bail-out looms.