Former Maltese Prime Minister Dom Mintoff, who dominated the country's politics for decades between the 1950s and 1980s, has died aged 96.

A new government of national unity has been formed in Mali in the latest effort to restore stability after a military coup in March.

The body of Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo is recovered from the sea after the plane he was travelling in crashed on Saturday.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies "abroad" at the age of 57, the government announces, following weeks of speculation about his health.

A 62-year-old woman attempts to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage.

Ecuador's president says it would diplomatic suicide for the UK to enter his country's London embassy amid the row over Julian Assange.

A Japanese journalist, Mika Yamamoto, has been killed reporting fighting in Aleppo, Syria, Japan's foreign ministry confirms.

Maruti Suzuki's car factory in India's Haryana state reopens, after a month-long lock-out following violent clashes.