Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accuses the OAS of interference after its secretary general condemned a law giving him special powers.

US prosecutors charge 22-year-old Jared Loughner with trying to assassinate a congresswoman and killing two other government officials.

Ghana's president says force will not solve the deadlock in Ivory Coast, casting doubt on West Africa's threat to send troops to oust Laurent Gbagbo.

Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega says the world is on course for a trade war because of currency manipulation.

Trade links between China and the UK will top the agenda when vice premier Li KeQiang holds talks with prime minister David Cameron.

US President Barack Obama hailed the start of a week-long referendum in Southern Sudan, which is widely expected to lead to independence.

Up to 50,000 people march through the streets of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi against a proposed softening of the strict blasphemy laws.

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is sentenced to 11 years in jail, her husband says.