Sudan says it no longer recognises the existence of major opposition party SPLM-North, following fighting in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile.

US President Obama says federal help to areas struck by Hurricane Irene won't be affected by budget concerns, during a tour of badly-hit New Jersey.

Ex-French President Jacques Chirac is due to go on trial on corruption charges, but claims that his memory is failing cast doubt on the case.

Cars and buses are taken off the streets of Bolivia in the country's first-ever "National Day of the Pedestrian".

Samsung Electronics decides not to promote its new tablet computer at the IFA electronics show after sales were blocked in Germany.

Christian and Muslim leaders appeal for calm in central Nigeria's Jos city after more than 40 people are reportedly killed in clashes.

Iceland's ex-Prime Minister Geir Haarde will face court charges of "failures of ministerial responsibility" in his handling of the 2008 financial crisis.

Uruguay orders the repatriation of five of its peacekeepers from Haiti, following accusations they took part in the sexual assault of a Haitian teenage boy.