A capsule owned by the private SpaceX company returns to Earth after the first commercial re-supply mission to the International Space Station.

President Obama warns Americans to take Hurricane Sandy seriously, as the Eastern Seaboard starts to shut ahead of "Frankenstorm".

A Philippine court enters a not guilty plea for former President Gloria Arroyo, as she appears on charges of misusing state lottery funds.

A council of Coptic Christians in Egypt is set to shortlist successors to Pope Shenouda III, before a blindfolded child picks from a list of three.

A cheap test which could detect even low levels of viruses and some cancers has been developed by researchers in the UK.

Militants in Gaza fire 11 rockets into Israel after a day of fighting which ended a brief Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between the sides.

Brazil's governing Workers' Party wins control of the country's biggest city as Fernando Haddad elected mayor of Sao Paulo.

Activists in South Korea float propaganda leaflets to the North, a week after Pyongyang threatened military action over a similar launch.