Russia says a resolution on Syria passed by the UN General Assembly undermines peace efforts there as fighting continues on the ground.

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba defends her 10,000m title with a dominant display as Britain's Jo Pavey and Julia Bleasdale smash their personal bests.

A judge sends one of three terror suspects arrested in Spain to jail, keeping the other two in detention while investigations continue.

A fire at Iran's biggest petrochemical plant kills one person and injures a dozen others in the southwestern city of Mahshahr, say state media.

The wife of a man who went missing while swimming in New York accuses him of faking his own death after she discovered emails from him.

A cave-in at a mine in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila kills six miners, and leaves another injured.

One of the biggest corruption trials in Brazil's history starts over a corruption scandal that rocked ex-president Lula's government.

Sudan and South Sudan have ended a dispute on oil payments that has paralysed both countries' economies, says African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki.