Ten people are left with minor injuries as a plane's nose wheel collapses when it lands at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

The Jamaican government announces it will set up electronic billboards to help identify and rescue missing children.

The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia agree to work on improving relations after a row over the Venezuelan presidential election.

At least 19 people are killed when a bus collides with a lorry in central Thailand and bursts into flames, reports say.

US Vice-President Joe Biden is due to told talks with Indian PM Manmohan Singh during a four-day visit to India to boost diplomatic and economic ties.

Dozens of Japanese commuters tilt a train carriage to free a woman who fell between the platform and the train during Tokyo's rush hour.

Rescue efforts are under way after two earthquakes in China that killed at least 89 people, with rescuers digging through rubble for survivors.

The top US military officer says any decision to use force in Syria could cost America billions, and that care must be taken to "preserve a functioning state".