Ford is recalling 1.2 million pick-up trucks in the US and Canada because of fears their fuel tanks could fall off and start fires.

The US House comfortably passes a bill to avert a debt default, in a vote marked by a surprise show from a lawmaker shot in the head in January.

The Kings of Leon cancel their tour of the US amid reports of problems within the US band.

Tanks and troops open fire in the Syrian city of Hama as people leave prayers on the first day of Ramadan, say reports.

Chinese manufacturing ouput slows further in July after demand for exports weakens and government measures take effect.

Mexican police arrest Nery Salgado Harrison, described as in charge of meth production in the west-coast state of Michoacan.

Italian coastguards find the bodies of 25 people in the engine room of a boat crowded with migrants fleeing Libya.

Three guards belonging to a private security company die in a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan.