Three people die in China's Guangdong province as Typhoon Soulik forces hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, state media say.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will push for tougher data protection laws in the EU, following revelations of widespread spying on the web.

Four men, including two police officers, are arrested in Guatemala accused of storming a police station last month and killing all officers on duty.

Police and supporters of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami party clash ahead of the verdict in the war crimes trial of Islamist leader Ghulam Azam.

Mariano Rajoy is facing renewed calls to resign after a newspaper report links him to a politician at the centre of a secret payments scandal.

An Italian senator apologises for saying the country's first black cabinet minister reminded him of an orangutan.

China's economic growth slows in the April to June period, the second consecutive quarter of weaker expansion.

A 54-year-old British man is charged in the UK with sexual offences against two children in Kenya.