A composition by Blur frontman Damon Albarn is played to radio listeners around the world to mark 90 years of BBC radio broadcasting.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the country's military is prepared to extend its operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

China is set to reveal the new leaders who will rule the country for the next decade, with Vice-President Xi Jinping on course to take the top post.

A fiery President Obama lambasts top Republicans as they attack UN Ambassador Susan Rice over the deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya.

Computer security pioneer John McAfee says he is hiding from police in Belize, who want to speak him over the killing of a US businessman.

The US military revokes access for two women at the heart of the scandal that led to the resignation of General David Petraeus as CIA director.

UK PM David Cameron is being urged to consider boycotting a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka in protest at its human rights record.

Police in Jordan say they have killed a gunman attacking a police station as unrest over rises in fuel prices continues.