A candidate in Armenia's presidential elections is shot and wounded in the capital Yerevan, in what officials believe was an assassination attempt.

The Wall Street Journal says it has become the second major US newspaper after the New York Times to have been infiltrated by Chinese hackers.

At least 14 people are killed and another 80 injured after a blast rocked the headquarters of state oil company Pemex in Mexico City.

Argentina's foreign minister has turned down a Foreign Office invitation to meet members of the Falkland Islands government in London next week.

The Gambia introduces a four-day week for public sector workers, with Fridays now an extra day off.

The judge of a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay orders an end to secret government censors after courtroom sound was cut during a discussion about CIA prisons.

A Somali-American man is found guilty of plotting to bomb a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the US state of Oregon.

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch is placed in intensive care for better monitoring of fluid in his lungs and legs, his spokesman says.