The new President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, gives criminal gangs operating in the Central American nation one month to disarm.

A Minnesota man saved another from a burning sport utility vehicle by bending the door in what officials called "superhuman strength".

Police in Hong Kong arrest 196 demonstrators who staged a pro-democracy sit-in, hours after tens of thousands marched in the city.

Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy is placed under formal investigation over alleged influence peddling, after a day of police questioning.

A football referee in the US state of Michigan dies after being punched in the head during an altercation with a player, police and witnesses say.

Supporters of a researcher who has been detained accused of spying in Tajikistan press the UK government to help secure his release.

The World Health Organization is hosting an emergency meeting in Ghana after confirming the death toll in West Africa has risen to 467.

North Korea test-fires two more short-range rockets amid tensions with Seoul and Tokyo, and ahead of a visit to South Korea by China's president.