Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and his wife, under house arrest since April, have been charged with economic crimes.

Hewlett-Packard confirms plans to exit PCs and tablets, and refocus on software with the possible purchase of the UK's Autonomy.

The UN is to send a humanitarian mission to Syria on Saturday to assess the situation there, as Damascus repeats claims that army operations against protesters have stopped.

Asian stocks fall on Friday after a sudden sell-off in global markets on worries that the US economy could slide into recession.

Ivory Coast's government is not ensuring payments made by Trafigura reaches those who say they were affected by toxic waste, Amnesty International says.

Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is due to leave prison to begin a 15-day hunger strike to force Delhi to strengthen an anti-corruption bill.

Two blasts kill at least three at a compound housing the British Council in the Afghan capital Kabul, with the Taliban saying it carried out the attack.

Illegal immigrants who pose no threat to the public are likely to see deportation proceedings against them dropped, the Obama administration announces.