South African union members on September 2 rejected an improved wage offer from the government as a public sector strike continues to cripple the country.

Ten election campaign workers have been killed in an air strike by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, officials say.

Typhoon Kompasu has struck the Republic of Korea’s capital, downing power lines and causing transport chaos.

More than 10,000 vehicles are stuck in a 120km (75-mile) traffic jam on China's Beijing to Tibet motorway.

Three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 180, said police and rescue officials.

The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip rejected compromise with Israel in a fiery speech Wednesday, a day after gunmen killed four Israelis in a strong reminder that the Islamic militant group cannot be ignored in any Mideast deal.

President Barack Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday not to let the chance for peace slip away, bringing them together for ceremonial handshakes at the White House on the eve of relaunching direct talks.

Despite President Barack Obama announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents.

Floods have displaced nearly 60,000 people in the past month in south Sudan with many at risk of malaria and other diseases, the semi-autonomous region's government said on August 31.

President Obama declared on August 31that "the American combat mission in Iraq has ended" in his prime-time address.