Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah overturns a court ruling sentencing a woman to 10 lashes for breaking a ban on female drivers, reports say.

The prime suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen will face a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, US defence officials say.

Protests against the construction of a highway through Bolivia's Amazon region are spreading, as tens of thousands take to the street.

Political parties in Egypt threaten to boycott planned parliamentary elections unless the country's military rulers alter an election law.

A federal court in Brazil stops building work on what was set to become the world's third largest hydro-electric dam project.

Schools, financial markets, and most businesses are shut down in Hong Kong as Typhoon Nesat sweeps through.

The German chancellor faces a vote on EU bailout funds, while Greek public sector workers strike again over austerity measures.

China is due to launch its first space laboratory, Tiangong-1 - an important next step in the nation's quest to build and operate a manned space station.