Dozens of people are feared to have been buried by a landslide in Medellin, in the the Colombian province of Antioquia, say officials.

South Korea begins a nationwide live fire military exercise, despite warnings against it from North Korea.

Fifteen of music's most exciting rising stars are named on the longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2011.

Kenya police arrest about 400 people in an apparent crackdown on illegal immigration in a predominantly Somali area of Nairobi.

A suicide bomb attack in the Mohmand region of north-west Pakistan leaves at least 40 people dead, local officials say.

Afghans are more likely to support attacks on foreign troops now than at any time since 2005, a poll for the BBC suggests.

Egypt's tourism ministry calls in experts from the US and abroad to investigate the shark attacks off the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Australian ex-PM Kevin Rudd said the West should be prepared to use force against China, a cable released by Wikileaks alleges.