BBC journalists hold a vigil to demand the release of colleague Urunboy Usmonov, held in Tajikistan for alleged association with a banned Islamist group.

Indonesia says it will no longer allow its citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for domestic service work after a maid was executed.

Greek PM George Papandreou tries to persuade MPs to pass further austerity measures that have sparked nationwide strikes and riots.

A Fifa report seen by the Press Association says there is 'overwhelming evidence' that Mohamed bin Hammam used bribery in his presidential campaign.

Transocean, the owner of the oil rig that leaked millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico blames BP for the disaster.

Four majors in the Pakistani army are being investigated for alleged links with banned extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, the army says.

A new species of mushroom is named by its discoverers after the cartoon character SpongeBob Squarepants.

Ghana's ex-leader John Kufuor tells the BBC big boosts in cocoa yields for chocolate production was key to him winning the World Food Prize.