Oscar Pistorius criticises the International Paralympic Committee after he is beaten in the T44 200m final.

A team of Venezuelan military officers and prosecutors says it has failed to find evidence of a reported mass killing of Yanomami indigenous people.

African Union observers say Angola's general election was free and fair, despite opposition claims of fraud, as the governing MPLA declares victory.

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

South Africa is to begin freeing 270 strikers whose colleagues were shot dead by police, after murder charges against them were suspended.

China's manufacturing activity falls to a nine-month low in August, adding to fears that its economy is slowing faster than estimated.

Mitt Romney visits an emergency centre in hurricane-damaged Louisiana, a day after accepting his party's nomination for US president.

The new UN envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, describes his task as "nearly impossible", in comments to the BBC after taking up the post.