Protesters in China gather once more against the planned expansion of a chemical plant, even as local officials said the project would be shelved.

A capsule owned by the private SpaceX company returns to Earth after the first commercial re-supply mission to the International Space Station.

President Obama warns Americans to take Hurricane Sandy seriously, as the Eastern Seaboard starts to shut ahead of "Frankenstorm".

A Philippine court enters a not guilty plea for former President Gloria Arroyo, as she appears on charges of misusing state lottery funds.

A council of Coptic Christians in Egypt is set to shortlist successors to Pope Shenouda III, before a blindfolded child picks from a list of three.

A cheap test which could detect even low levels of viruses and some cancers has been developed by researchers in the UK.

Militants in Gaza fire 11 rockets into Israel after a day of fighting which ended a brief Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between the sides.

Brazil's governing Workers' Party wins control of the country's biggest city as Fernando Haddad elected mayor of Sao Paulo.