About 30 suspected members of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram have been killed in a battle with troops in the north east, the military says.

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes is re-elected in the first round Brazil's local elections, making him the host of the 2014 Football World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

Ivory Coast is to reopen its land and sea borders with Ghana more than two weeks after they were shut following a deadly cross-border attack.

The first commercially contracted re-supply mission to the International Space Station lifts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, a congressional panel warns after its probe.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wins a fourth term in office after defeating opposition leader Henrique Capriles.

The World Bank lowers its growth forecast for China citing weak demand for its exports and lower investment growth.

South Korea designates an area around a plant where an explosion led to a toxic chemical leak a special disaster zone.