Nigeria become the first African team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup after beating Ethiopia 2-0 for a 4-1 aggregate win.

Tens of thousands of people protest in Italy's southern city of Naples against illegal dumping of toxic waste blamed on the local mafia, the Camorra.

Brazil says the rate of deforestation in the Amazon increased by 28% between August 2012 and last July, after four years of steady decline.

Prince Charles puts his best foot forward, tackling the Hokey Cokey on a trip to a school for disabled children in Sri Lanka.

Nine axe-wielding attackers and two policemen are killed in clashes at a police station in China's volatile Xinjiang province, state media say.

Thousands of survivors of a deadly storm attend church services in the Philippines, as international aid efforts begin to have a major impact.

Flooding and landslides in central Vietnam leave at least 28 people dead, nine missing and some 80,000 homeless after heavy rains.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says he believes it is possible for the Sri Lankan government to establish a war crimes inquiry before March 2014.