Oxfam launches an investigation into "financial irregularities" in its flood relief programme in Pakistan.

A massive wildfire, described as Arizona's third largest, threatens mountain communities in the east of the state.

President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez orders an investigation into the deaths of three prisoners in police custody, urging officers to "clean up their act".

The UN investigates clashes in Sudan's oil-rich South Kordofan, on the border with the soon-to-be-independent South Sudan.

US employment growth registers a surprise sharp slowdown in May, while the unemployment rate also rises unexpectedly to 9.1%.

A farm in northern Germany has been identified by officials as the most likely source for many of the infections in the deadly E. coli outbreak.

Deep-sea mining, to extract sulphides carrying copper and gold from the ocean floor, is the subject of an international workshop opening in Fiji

Yemen's President Saleh is recovering from surgery in Saudi Arabia after being wounded in an attack on his compound, Saudi officials say.