The Palestinian Authority says it will present its bid for statehood recognition when the UN General Assembly reconvenes in September.

US Republican Michelle Bachmann wins a key non-binding Iowa poll of hopefuls for the 2012 presidential nomination, as Texas Governor Rick Perry says he will run.

A doctor in the Syrian city of Hama tells the BBC hospitals have been severely damaged or forced to close after government attacks.

The trial of former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib al-Adly on charges of killing protesters during the country's uprising is due to resume in Cairo.

At least four people are killed and 40 injured when a stage collapses in high winds at the Indiana State Fair.

Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is making her first political trip outside Rangoon since her release from house arrest last November.

British police chiefs react with scepticism to government plans to consult US "supercop" Bill Bratton on how to tackle recent street violence.

Veteran Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor, a prominent star in the 1950s and 1960s, dies in Mumbai aged 79, after suffering kidney disease.