The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are welcomed to Papua New Guinea as they begin a tour to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

A blindfolded child will draw the name of the next Egyptian Coptic pope from a box in a ceremony in Cairo on Sunday.

Syrian opposition groups are due in the Qatari capital, Doha, to discuss forming a more united front against President Bashar al-Assad.

New York City police charge a nanny with the murder of two children discovered stabbed to death in an apartment last month.

A police helicopter searching for a missing child crashes in Atlanta, killing both officers on board, US officials in the state of Georgia say.

US presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into the final two days of campaigning with the outcome still in the balance.

At least seven people are injured in a grenade attack on a church in eastern Kenya, officials say.

India's ruling Congress party holds a mass rally in Delhi to shore up support and defend controversial economic reforms.