A new political party, Agang, is being launched in South Africa to challenge President Jacob Zuma's African National Congress.

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich confesses to doping and being treated by disgraced Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes.

Efforts are stepped up in northern India to rescue tens of thousands of people trapped by floods that have already killed nearly 600 people.

Unesco grants Japan's Mount Fuji World Heritage status, saying that it has inspired artists and poets for centuries.

Indonesia cuts a fuel subsidy after months of political haggling, causing petrol prices to rise by 44% and stoking widespread protests.

A prominent Russian human rights group is forcibly evicted from its office in Moscow after a stand-off with the city authorities.

US Secretary of State John Kerry expresses caution about future talks with the Taliban, following a row over the Afghan insurgents' office in Qatar.

Police in the Dutch town of Bloemendaal caution two brothers aged seven and five after they crash their grandmother's car while joyriding.