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05/12/2008 12:20 AMHezbollah rocks eastern villages A Hezbollah assault forces several villages loyal to a pro-government leader to hand control to Lebanon's army.
05/11/2008 02:22 PMBurma eases restrictions on aid Increased amounts of aid reach cyclone-hit Burma amid signs the government is easing restrictions on access.
05/12/2008 12:29 AMSerbian reformers claim victory Serbian President Boris Tadic's pro-EU alliance declares victory in elections but falls short of a majority.
05/11/2008 10:13 PMSudan 'drives Darfur rebels back' Sudan says Darfur rebels have retreated from Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city, after a surprise attack.
05/11/2008 06:42 PMZimbabwe police arrest activists Nearly 60 opposition activists are arrested in Zimbabwe as their leader Morgan Tsvangirai is set to return for elections.
05/11/2008 07:47 PMGaza blackouts as fuel runs low Electricity blackouts hit Gaza as the territory's only power station shuts down, with officials citing lack of fuel.
05/11/2008 11:06 AMSri Lankan government wins vote Sri Lanka's ruling coalition wins a provincial election seen as key to its strategy against the Tamil Tigers.
05/11/2008 12:55 PMNepal arrests 560 Tibetan women Nepalese police arrest more than 500 Tibetan women demonstrating against China's crackdown in Tibet.
05/11/2008 07:00 PMGerman band topples Madonna German techno group Scooter knock Madonna off the number one spot in the UK album chart.
05/11/2008 04:44 PMF1: Massa holds off Hamilton Felipe Massa wins the Turkish Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton's McLaren holds off Kimi Raikkonen for second.
05/10/2008 03:44 PMTennis: Rome hit by injuries Novak Djokovic faces Stanislas Wawrinka in the Rome Masters final after their respective opponents withdraw injured from their semi-finals.
05/09/2008 05:20 PMZambia seizes 'Chiluba millions' Assets worth nearly $60m stolen under former President Chiluba have been recovered, Zambia's government says.
05/09/2008 04:58 PMBurundi arrests condemned A Burundian rights group accuses the security forces of illegally detaining about 200 people suspected of helping rebels.
05/11/2008 08:36 AMTornado wrecks central US towns Tornadoes and severe storms sweep the central US, severely damaging two towns and killing at least 18 people.
05/11/2008 03:32 AMGunmen kill top Mexican policemen Three top Mexican police officials are shot dead in as many days as the fight against drug gangs continues.
05/11/2008 02:24 PMChinese plane business gets wings China launches a new plane maker to one day compete with Boeing and Airbus, state media report.
05/10/2008 08:01 AMUS welcomes N Korea nuclear move The US describes the handing over of North Korean nuclear documents as an "important first step".
05/10/2008 08:49 AMTurkish strikes 'kill 19 rebels' Turkey's military says it has killed at least 19 Kurdish rebels in air strike in the south-east of the country.
05/11/2008 06:02 AMLessing: Nobel win a 'disaster' Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing says winning the award has stopped her writing.
05/11/2008 05:43 PMBaghdad district calm after truce A ceasefire between the Iraqi government and Shia militias seems to be holding in Baghdad's Sadr City.
05/08/2008 08:21 PMIsrael marks its 60th anniversary Israel marks 60 years since its creation in 1948, a date the Palestinians remember as "the Catastrophe".
05/11/2008 12:16 PMSeveral die in Kashmir violence Up to five people are reported to have been killed in violence involving armed militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
05/09/2008 11:44 PMPakistani militants agree truce Militants who seized control of a popular tourist destination in north Pakistan last year sign a truce.
05/10/2008 12:01 PM'No regrets' for Mugabe opponents Orla Guerin meets opponents of President Mugabe in Zimbabwe, who fear renewed violence.
05/10/2008 12:00 PMUp the Congo without a helmet The BBC's Mark Doyle fulfils a lifelong dream of travelling along the Congo and discovers much more than the cliches.
05/10/2008 02:11 PMA Basque encounter with pirates On a recent visit to the Spanish Basque country, Nick Rankin found himself on the fringes of a story involving piracy.
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