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

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

Police in Delhi baton-charge hundreds of protesters angered by a report that India lost $33bn (£20bn) through the mis-selling of coalfields.

Libya's interior minister resigns in the wake of a series of attacks on Sufi Muslim shrines and other violence that has rocked the country.

Tropical Storm Isaac dumps rain on eastern Cuba after bringing flood misery to the south coast of Haiti, where four people were killed.

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

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

Italian bank Unicredit is co-operating with the US over a possible breach by a subsidiary of US sanctions reportedly against Iran.