Singapore calls on China to clarify the extent of its claims in the South China Sea following a series of confrontations with Vietnam and the Philippines.

Nato says its strike on a compound near Tripoli hit a command-and-control centre for Libyan government forces and was a "legitimate military target".

The families of 20 doctors on trial in Bahrain for taking part in protests say the defendants were tortured into making false confessions.

Greece's government is facing a vote of confidence in its new cabinet, a crucial step towards gaining a 12bn euro eurozone loan.

Forty-four people have been killed in a plane crash in north-western Russia, the emergency situations ministry says.

A court in Chile suspends construction work on a dam in the Aysen region of Patagonia, following objections by environmentalists.

US President Barack Obama is close to a decision on the size of his planned withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, US officials say.

The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano causes fresh chaos in Australia, with flights being cancelled out of Canberra and Sydney for the first time.