China's Shenzhou-9 capsule, with its crew of three astronauts, remains on course to dock with the Tiangong-1 space lab.

Ethiopia is forcibly displacing tens of thousands from their land in the Omo Valley to make way for state-run sugar plantations, a campaign group says.

Researchers say that increasing levels of fatness around the world could have the same impact on global resources as an extra billion people.

An IBM supercomputer owned by the US government leapfrogs Asian rivals to become the world's fastest.

New leader of the Chinese city of Chongqing Zhang Dejiang says the Bo Xilai scandal "gravely damaged" the image of the country and the Communist Party.

The leader of Greece's election winning party begins talks to form a national coalition, as the president calls for a government immediately.

A torchbearer proposes to his eight-months pregnant girlfriend during day 31 of the Olympic torch relay from Middlesbrough to Hull.

A declaration granting Egypt's army broad powers is widely condemned, but military rulers insist they will hand power to an elected president.