The US Republican Party decides to delay discussions at their national convention in Florida because of the approaching Tropical Storm Isaac.

President Chavez orders an investigation into the cause of a huge blast at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, as the death toll rises to 39.

Syrian opposition activists say scores of bodies have been found in a town near the capital Damascus, accusing government troops of "massacre".

At least 36 people die after a sleeper bus collides with a methane-laden tanker in northern China, state-run media say.

A powerful typhoon is set to pass over the Japanese island of Okinawa later, bringing high waves, strong winds and heavy rain.

First man on the Moon Neil Armstrong was a hero "of all time", President Obama says, leading tributes to the US astronaut who has died at 82.

A man imprisoned in Africa after suspected involvement in a massacre has been released from jail, the Foreign Office confirms.

A Canadian woman drowns while posing in her wedding dress for a photoshoot in water at a Quebec park.