Two British men have been shot dead while on holiday in Florida, police in the US say.

The head of security in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas is replaced after the discovery of 145 bodies in mass graves in San Fernando.

Top officials from the IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank are due to begin bail-out talks with Portugal shortly.

Security forces in Yemen open fire on protesters demanding the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule, injuring dozens.

Voting begins in India's West Bengal state, where the world's oldest democratically-elected Communist government faces a strong challenge.

The last Maharaja of Jaipur, Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh, who was revered by many across the the western Indian state of Rajasthan, dies.

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is arrested near his home after planning to join a fresh protest against rising living costs.

Two soldiers have been killed and seven people hurt in an attack inside the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul, which the Taliban say targeted the defence minister.