British stars including Dame Helen Mirren, Hugh Bonneville and Damian Lewis are in the running at Sunday's prestigious Emmy awards.

Angela Merkel's party polls strongly in federal elections in Germany, but may not be able to form its preferred coalition, exit polls suggest.

As he visits the landslide-hit village of La Pintada, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto says it is likely all 68 people missing are dead.

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party wins elections for a semi-autonomous council in the north, the first after decades of ethnic war, official results show.

Kenyan officials say gunmen and hostages remain inside a Nairobi shopping centre after an attack by Somali militants al-Shabab which killed 39 people.

Moscow is ready to send troops to help in the proposed operation to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.

Lenders resume talks with the Greek government to determine whether the twice bailed-out economy will get its latest instalment of cash.

A Chinese court is due to hand down a verdict to disgraced former top politician Bo Xilai, who is accused of abuse of power, corruption and bribery.