The US, EU and Russia welcome Georgia's election results which give the country the first democratic transfer of power in its post-Soviet history.

Security forces are enforcing a curfew in Nigeria's north-eastern town of Mubi after at least 26 people, most of them students, were killed by gunmen.

South Sudanese forces have committed "shocking" acts of violence against civilians, including killings and rapes, Amnesty International says.

A Chinese-owned firm in the US is suing President Barack Obama after he blocked a wind farm deal on national security grounds.

A senior Indian minister apologises for his reported remarks that wives lose their appeal with age.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut its growth forecast for Asia for this year and next, as the problems in Europe and the US hurt developing countries.

A controversial law targeting cybercrime in the Philippines comes into effect, fuelling online protests amid censorship fears.

A powerful rocket developed for the Bloodhound 1,000mph car project is to be tested in Newquay, Cornwall.