Ivory Coast is to reopen its air space with neighbouring Ghana after closing its borders last week following a deadly attack.

British actor Damian Lewis wins an Emmy for best actor in a drama for his performance in the Homeland series, as Maggie Smith wins an award for her role in Downton Abbey.

The 131 Mexican inmates who fled a jail earlier this week escaped through the front door, not a tunnel as was previously reported, officials say.

Presidential hopeful Park Geun-hye, daughter of South Korea's ex-leader Park Chung-hee, apologises for rights violations during his rule.

Britain is to establish joint diplomatic missions abroad with Canada, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is to announce.

Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology, a major supplier for Apple, has shut a plant in northern China after a mass brawl breaks out involving some 2,000 workers.

A search operation resumes in Nepal for at least seven climbers missing on Mount Manaslu, where an avalanche killed at least nine others on Sunday.

Senior EU officials are warning that it is proving harder than ever to reach an agreement on the European Union's next multi-annual budget.