Street protests in Spain call for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who faces extradition from Britain to Sweden.

Two militants trying to enter Israel from Gaza are killed in a clash which leaves one Israeli injured, Israel's army says.

Authorities in Argentina say they have regained control of an area of Buenos Aires where at least three people died in clashes between local residents and squatters.

The man widely seen as winner of Ivory Coast's presidential poll urges Laurent Gbagbo to resign as the stand-off continues.

Campaigners call for a US pastor who threatened to burn the Koran to be banned from entering the UK to attend an English Defence League rally.

Kosovo holds its first parliamentary poll since declaring independence, with most local Serbs due to boycott the vote.

US President Barack Obama says he is praying for the recovery of envoy Richard Holbrooke after he underwent heart surgery.

A suicide car bomb in Iraq's western city of Ramadi kills at least eight people, including six policemen, reports say.