Libya rejects a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for the arrest of Col Muammar Gaddafi, saying the court has no authority.

Afghanistan's central bank governor, Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, says he has resigned because a fraud investigation has left his life in danger.

Trade unions in Greece begin a 48-hour general strike, hours after Prime Minister George Papandreou urges parliament to back a package of austerity measures.

Officials say Uruguay's president will sign a decree enabling the courts to re-open over 80 cases relating to human rights abuses under military rule.

War and drought in Somalia are leading to an unprecedented number of people fleeing across the border into Kenya, Save the Children says.

A wildfire reaches the US nuclear research site at Los Alamos, New Mexico, but officials say they have detected no releases of contamination.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives in Berlin with a large trade delegation on the third and final leg of his European tour.

A medical crisis looms in Libya's eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi as hospitals run out of vital supplies, the rebels' health minister tells the BBC.