South Sudanese authorities are preventing the provision of aid to 120,000 people who fled fighting and are hiding in malaria-infested swamps, a charity says.

Justin Rose clinches his maiden major title to become the first Englishman for 43 years to win the US Open.

Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi appoints Islamist allies as regional governors, tightening the Muslim Brotherhood's grip on power.

A China-based supercomputer has been ranked the world's fastest, offering nearly double the processing speeds of the US's most powerful system.

Six teenagers and the father of one of them are found guilty of kicking a volunteer linesman to death in the Netherlands.

Security officials in Sao Paulo meet protest leaders in an attempt to avert violent clashes at a major demonstration later on Monday.

Superman movie Man of Steel soars to the top of the North American box office, making $113m (£71.9m) in its opening weekend.

Several soldiers are reported to have been killed when gunmen attacked an armoury in the central Mozambican region of Dondo.