French President Francois Hollande says he plans a new law punishing denial that the 1915-16 killing of Armenians was genocide.

International donors meet in Tokyo to discuss aid for Afghanistan after the planned Nato pullout in 2014, amid Afghan fears of waning Western support.

Tens of thousands of people in Mexico City demonstrate against the result of the presidential election, alleging fraud and vote-buying.

West African leaders call for a unity government and interational military intervention in Mali, to restore stability after a military coup in March.

The BBC learns that a patient has been diagnosed with cholera in the Cuban capital, Havana, days after the deaths of three people in the south-east.

An Argentine court jails ex-junta leaders Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone over the theft of babies from political prisoners under military rule.

Votes are being counted in Libya's first national election since the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi, with a good turnout reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an inquiry into whether enough was done to prevent mass deaths in the southern flood-hit Krasnodar region.