Lebanese President Michel Suleiman condemns a rocket attack against Israel carried out from Lebanon, as an obscure group claims responsibility.

The people of Guyana vote for a new government in an election likely to continue to reflect the South American nation's traditional racial divide.

Venezuelan forces arrest Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias Valenciano, accused of leading a key drug trafficking gang in Colombia.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron warns Iran of "serious consequences" after protesters stormed the British embassy and a UK compound in Tehran.

Standard & Poor's downgrades the long-term credit grades of a string of financial giants, including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America.

A US businessman is released after being held on a Caribbean island since August over the disappearance of a US woman he says was swept away snorkelling.

Three US wealth managers who picked up a $254m lottery jackpot deny claims they only collected the cheque for the real winner, a client of theirs.

The secretary general of the Arab League tells the BBC that its approval of unprecedented sanctions against Syria has sent a serious political message.