Protests continue in Egypt over the conduct of the parliamentary elections held on Sunday, which the opposition claims were marred by fraud.

Brazilian police and troops find more than 30 tonnes of marijuana after storming a major drug trafficker stronghold in Rio de Janeiro's slums.

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen says no one will be punished for a festival stampede in which 351 people died.

The Japanese island of Okinawa re-elects its governor, Hirokazu Nakaima, who backs the removal of a controversial US base.

US police say a fire at an Islamic centre in Oregon was arson, suggesting it was in response to a recent foiled car bomb attack by a Somali-born teenager.

New Zealand announces an inquiry into the mining disaster in which 29 men died, as the prime minister says the future of the industry is at stake.

The US criticises the release by Wikileaks of thousands of US diplomatic messages - including a report that the Saudi king urged Washington to destroy Iran's nuclear sites.

An Iranian nuclear scientist is killed and another wounded in separate but similar bomb attacks in Tehran, Iranian media report.