More than 100 people are arrested in New York as protesters march on the first anniversary of the Occupy movement.

A court in Bahrain charges seven police officers over the torture and mistreatment of people arrested after last year's anti-government protests.

A dog inadvertently shoots his master in the hand on a hunt in France but the huntsman blames himself for not applying the gun's safety catch.

Hassan Nasrallah. the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah party, denounces an anti-Islam film in a rare public appearance, as protests continue in many countries.

The founder of US futures broker Peregrine Financial Group pleads guilty to a massive fraud involving 24,000 customers in the US state of Iowa.

A video emerges showing US Republican presidental candidate Mitt Romney appearing to disparage Obama voters at a private donor dinner.

Europe's Metop-B satellite, which will acquire data critical for weather forecasting, launches from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Residents in the al-Shabab stronghold of Kismayo tell the BBC that the Islamist fighters are leaving their Somali stronghold.