The government of the Central African Republic says it is in talks with Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony to get him to surrender.

Negotiations between world powers and Iran on the future of Tehran's nuclear programme resume in Geneva, following a 'positive' first day.

At least 18 people are killed in flooding after a cyclone lashes the island of Sardinia, prompting Italy to declare a state of emergency.

An assembly of more than 2,000 Afghan elders is due to discuss the text of a long-awaited bilateral security agreement with the US.

A suspected US drone attack kills at least five people in an Islamic seminary in Pakistan in the north-west of the country, reports say.

Hackers attack Australian government websites amid an ongoing row over reports that Australia spied on the phone calls of the Indonesian prime minister.

A rock discovered in the Sahara Desert is the oldest Martian meteorite ever found, a study suggests.

The leader of Nepal's Maoist party alleges elections were rigged after state television reported he had lost his seat in parliament.