Venezuela's authorities bring in extra troops to regain full control of a jail in the capital Caracas, following riots between rival gangs.

The most senior UN official for refugees is to visit the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa to where thousands of people have fled unrest in north Africa.

At least two people die as an apparent Nato air strike hits a three-storey house in a residential area of the Libyan capital Tripoli.

Clarence Clemons - the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band - dies aged 69 in a Florida hospital a week after suffering a stroke.

Sri Lanka's president receives a US court summons over cases filed by relatives of Tamil victims of alleged extra-judicial killings during the civil war.

Demonstrations are expected in Morocco as reformists say constitutional changes proposed by King Mohammed VI do not go far enough.

Amy Winehouse is booed by crowds in Serbia's capital Belgrade after appearing to be too drunk to perform.

Rory McIlroy is closing in on a maiden major title with an eight-shot lead over YE Yang going into the final round of the US Open.