Supporters of ex-Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed demonstrate in the capital, Male, ahead of the release of a report into this year's transfer of power.

Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan will promise a "turnaround" for America, in a prime-time speech to the party convention in Florida.

Mexico orders the arrest of the former Governor of Mexico's Tamaulipas state Tomas Yarrington on suspicion of fomenting drug trafficking.

Yahoo News fires its Washington bureau chief for saying White House hopeful Mitt Romney was "happy to have a party with black people drowning".

Australia and Indonesia search for a missing boat, believed to be carrying asylum seekers, after six people were rescued at sea.

US banking giant Citigroup has paid more than half a billion dollars to shareholders who accused the bank of hiding its subprime exposure.

A 100-year-old man reverses into a group of people on a Los Angeles pavement, including nine primary school children, injuring four seriously.

Iran hosts 50 countries at a two-day non-aligned summit during which it plans to propose a solution to ending the crisis in Syria.