Two Turkish pilots kidnapped in Lebanon in August apparently in connection with the Syria conflict appear in a video on Lebanese television.

A ratings agency puts the US credit score under review, as stock markets dip and congressional efforts to raise the US debt ceiling descend into chaos.

Bosnia-Hercegovina qualify for their first World Cup finals as an independent nation after beating Lithuania 1-0.

President Barack Obama awards the highest US military honour to the survivor of a ferocious Afghan firefight who questioned his superior officers.

A senior diplomat at the Dutch embassy in Moscow has been beaten up in his flat, days after a spat involving a Russian official in The Hague.

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who covered data leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden, says he is leaving Britain's Guardian newspaper.

Protesters clash with police in Brazil's largest cities, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, following peaceful marches in support of striking teachers.

Brazil's president announces plans to create a secure email service to protect its citizens and businesses against foreign espionage.