The African Union lifts the suspension it imposed on Mali after a military coup in March and discusses the logistics of an intervention force.

A suspect in the attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi dies after a firefight with security services in Cairo, officials say.

The Libyan government says it has captured the western town of Bani Walid, a former stronghold of Col Gaddafi, after days of fighting.

Israel and Hamas say an unofficial ceasefire has been reached in Gaza after violence escalated on both sides of the border.

The boss of a coal mine in New Zealand, where 29 people died after an explosion, has pleaded not guilty to labour violation charges.

The son of a US congressman from Virginia resigns from his father's campaign after a secret video shows him discussing possible voter fraud.

Sandy strengthens into a "strong category two hurricane" as it makes landfall in southern Cuba, after leaving one man dead in in Jamaica.

A previously unidentified hymn arrangement by Beethoven is unearthed by a scholar after 192 years.