The UK is failing in its commitment to freeze assets of the regime of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, a BBC investigation finds.

Oscar Pistorius apologises for the timing of his comments over the length of 200m gold medal winner Alan Oliveira's artificial legs.

Promoters of the late Michael Jackson's planned 2009 comeback concerts raised concerns in emails over his stability and health, reports the LA Times.

An Iranian-Australian man accused of organising an asylum boat that broke up off Christmas Island in 2010, killing 50 people, admits charges.

A man has died in Gaza, after setting himself on fire in an apparent protest against his family's living conditions, Palestinian officials say.

Chinese pharmaceutical firms are told to check their suppliers after claims that some have used "gutter oil" to make antibiotics, state-run media report.

A grandson of Red Bull's Thai co-creator is arrested on suspicion of hitting and killing a policeman with his Ferrari in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

Typhoon Bolaven kills 48 people in North Korea and leaves more than 50 others injured or missing, the state-run KCNA news agency reports.