More than 100 people were killed by floods in and around the south-western Nigerian city of Ibadan, the Nigerian Red Cross says.

Colombia's Supreme Court reinstates a conviction for involvement in murder against former Justice Minister Alberto Santofimio who will now serve a sentence of 24 years in prison.

Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke pleads guilty to racketeering charges at a US federal district court in New York.

Canadian Captain Malcolm Bunting, who has guided passenger vessels to the foot of the Niagara Falls for more than three decades, retires at the age of 63.

The International Criminal Court rejects an appeal by Kenya's government to stop it putting on trial six people accused of links to 2008 violence.

South Korea's inflation rate hits a three-year high in August as higher food costs continue to put pressure on consumer prices.

Australian officials say they have identified the remains, though not the skull, of outlaw Ned Kelly, 130 years after he was hanged for murder.

Indian anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare returns to his village three days after he ended a 12-day hunger strike in the capital, Delhi.