Tunisia is said to have agreed on the top posts in its new government after elections last month, with Hamadi Jebali set to be prime minister, sources say.

Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been captured in the south of the country, Libyan officials say.

Two people have been arrested in Ohio in connection with a plot to murder job-seekers responding to advertisements on the Craigslist website.

US President Barack Obama meets Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the Asean summit in Indonesia.

Violence continues in Syria as a three-day deadline set by the Arab League approaches for the government to stop its crackdown.

The US drug regulator has withdrawn approval for a popular breast cancer treatment, saying Avastin is not effective enough to justify the risks of taking it.

The Dalai Lama tells the BBC he is very worried about the growing number of Tibetan monks and nuns setting themselves on fire, saying the tactic requires great courage but may not be effective.

Colombian troops shut down the main radio station operated by the Farc rebel group, the army says, ending 15 years of revolutionary broadcasts.