Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani looks set to win the left's nomination for a prime ministerial candidate in next year's election.

Farc rebels in Colombia admit carrying out an attack a day after their leadership declared a truce, blaming poor media coverage for their lack of information.

Australia's government apologises to victims of abuse in the military, after a probe that saw hundreds of claims of mistreatment made.

India's ruling government calls an all-party meeting to discuss the deadlock in the parliament over recent economic reforms.

Some 17,000 participants are due to attend the latest round of UN climate talks, with the controversial issue of "hot air" high on the agenda.

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi is to meet senior judges to try to end a crisis sparked by issuing a decree giving him sweeping new powers.

A fire breaks out in a multi-storey clothes factory in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, two days after another clothes factory blaze killed more than 100 people.

A senior leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is suspended for "gross indiscipline", a party spokesman says.