Three people die and 135,000 more are told to stay at home after forest fires in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, rage out of control.

US shoppers are thrown into a panic by a disorientated bear that wandered into a shopping centre in Pennsylvania.

Thousands of protesters march through Mexico City denouncing fraud in this month's presidential election, won by Enrique Pena Nieto.

One of Cuba's most prominent dissidents and Sakharov human rights prize winner, Oswaldo Paya, dies in a car crash, activists say.

The euro falls to an 11-year low against the Japanese yen amid fears that debt problems in Spain are worsening.

Drug-resistant HIV has been increasing in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade, according to experts writing in the Lancet.

China has approved the formal establishment of a military garrison in Sansha city, formed to govern disputed South China Sea islands, state media reports.

Cutting back on salty foods such as bacon, bread and breakfast cereals could reduce people's risk of developing stomach cancer, according to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).