The US and human rights groups urge Libya to give a fair trial to Col Muammar Gaddafi's ex-intelligence chief after he is deported by Mauritania.

Four people have been shot dead in south-eastern France, with three of the bodies being found in a UK-registered car, local officials say.

Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights on Friday as cabin staff stage another strike at Germany's three busiest airports.

Former US President Bill Clinton is preparing to deliver a prime-time defence of Barack Obama, on the second night of the Democratic convention.

Oscar Pistorius claims his first 2012 Paralympic gold medal as South Africa win the 4x100m in a new world record.

A court in Chile sentences Gen Augusto Pinochet's spy chief to 15 years in prison for the murder of a left-wing activist in 1975.

A suitcase containing a badly decomposed human torso is found in Lake Ontario near the Toronto shore, Canadian police say.

South African activist Julius Malema issues a new rallying call to striking miners, saying they must down tools until wage demands are met.