The Taliban have kidnapped a female Afghan MP as she and her children were travelling in a rural area south of the capital Kabul, the authorities say.

Hollywood studios reach a deal with China over a tax dispute on foreign films that left studios owed millions.

A South African court frees on bail nine policemen charged with the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged behind a police van.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is closing all its programmes in Somalia after 22 years because of attacks on its staff.

Egypt's interim PM says the operation to close down protest camps in Cairo which left scores of people dead had to go ahead to "restore security".

The body of a Polish soldier who said he wanted to plant his nation's flag on Mount Hood in Oregon has been found on the frozen peak, authorities say.

Members of Libya's minority Berber community storm the parliament building in Tripoli during a protest demanding recognition in the new constitution.

UN officials have begun inspecting an arms shipment found on a North Korean ship, Panama's security minister says.