Some 400 residents of an Iranian exile community leave their camp in NW Iraq, but there are complaints about conditions in their new home near Baghdad.

Iran appears poised to boost its nuclear programme by installing thousands of new-generation centrifuges, a diplomat tells the BBC.

Funerals are held across Honduras for the victims of a deadly prison fire in Comayagua on Tuesday, as the number of dead rises to 358.

Ecuador's top court upholds a verdict against El Universo newspaper in a $40m libel case brought by President Rafael Correa.

A Swedish man found alive in his snow-trapped car tells police he has survived inside for two months with no food.

One of Syria's leading businessmen says its economy is being crippled by foreign sanctions and that the government is slowly disintegrating.

British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora is arrested at Munich Airport following last night's post-fight brawl with rival David Haye.

Burmese monk Shin Gambira, a leader of anti-government protests in 2007, faces fresh legal action weeks after being released from jail under an amnesty, state media say.