The United Nations is to start providing training to Arab League observers monitoring the crisis in Syria, as violent clashes continue.

Emergency crews work through the night on the wreck of a stricken cruise ship, but say there is just a "glimmer of hope" for the 29 people still missing.

Four men are celebrating after arriving in Barbados as the youngest four-man crew to row across the Atlantic.

Fake anti-malarial drugs are threatening efforts to control the disease in Africa and could put millions of lives at risk, scientists say.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's business and political record comes under attack on all sides in the latest televised debate.

China's economy, the world's second-largest, grew at its slowest pace in more than two years, latest government figures show.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Ivory Coast on a visit intended to show US support for the country's reconciliation process.

Human Rights Watch says tens of thousands of Ethiopians are being forced off their land so it can be leased to foreign investors.