US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney calls on embattled congressman Todd Akin to withdraw from the race for a Senate seat in Missouri.

A tropical storm forming in the Caribbean poses a potential threat to Florida next week during the Republican National Convention.

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has called for more time to make tough cuts, ahead of crucial talks on his country's EU/IMF bailout.

Seven people are killed and more than 70 wounded after fighting in a north Lebanese city between two Muslim communities divided over Syria.

Foxconn, Apple's main manufacturer in China, is improving working hours and conditions, says the US-based Fair Labour Association (FLA).

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, is in Egypt to discuss a financial aid package for the country's struggling economy.

Women struggle to flourish in the Australian military, and both recruitment quotas and targeted measures are needed, a review warns.

Egypt's health minister is locked inside a hospital room by villagers after allegedly contaminated water caused dozens of people to fall ill.