The World Bank announces it is increasing funding for the drought in the Horn of Africa to nearly $2bn as the UN estimates 10,000 people have died.

Corrida fans in Catalonia are to see the last bullfights before a ban on the age-old tradition comes into effect in Spain's north-eastern region.

Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez launches his bid for the presidency, after the Inter-American Human Rights Court rules that he should be allowed to stand.

Georgia businessman Herman Cain wins a surprise victory in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida, defeating front-runner Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Sea Launch, the rocket company that operates from a converted oil rig in the Pacific, returns to flight and puts a large telecommunications satellite in orbit.

Government supporters in Cuba block a march by the "Ladies in White" dissident group in Havana.

Police in Colombia seize a submarine which belonged to Farc rebels and had the capacity to carry at least seven tonnes of drugs.

A small plane crashes near the Nepali capital Kathmandu with 19 people on board, mostly foreign tourists, officials say.