Endurance athlete Diana Nyad begins another attempt at a world-record swim from Cuba to Florida, after an asthma attack halted her last try.

Pope Benedict has met German victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and expressed "deep compassion and regret" at their suffering.

The north of Yemen's capital Sanaa is rocked by explosions and shelling, despite calls for a ceasefire by returning President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The mayor of the Colombian capital, Samuel Moreno, is sent to prison ahead of his trial for alleged corruption.

The Middle East Quartet urges Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks within a month, after the Palestinians ask the UN to recognise their state.

Government troops in Yemen attack protesters' tent city in the capital Sanaa, killing at least one person, reports say.

Italian prosecutors urge a jury considering an appeal by two convicted murderers of British student Meredith Kercher to remember her family.

A 24-hour public transport strike hits Greece and a mass protest takes place in Athens as anger mounts over a new raft of tough austerity measures.