Security forces in Yemen have opened fire on protesters in the capital, Sanaa, killing at least 26 people and injuring hundreds, doctors said.  

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has described his liaison with a hotel maid in New York, over which he was charged with attempted rape, as "inappropriate".

Recent floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in southern Pakistan have killed nearly 300 people and affected 6 million more, according to the latest figures released by the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on September 17.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted on September 16 a resolution on the establishment of a UN support mission for Libya with an initial period of three months and easing some sanctions on the country.

US President Barack Obama is planning a higher minimum tax rate on the richest Americans to ensure they are taxed at the same rate as the less wealthy.

A World War II-era plane crashed on the afternoon of September 17 in an air show in the east of the United States, no details are available about the condition of the pilot.

Loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi unleashed barrages of rockets and mortars to beat back an assault by interim government forces on one of their last bastions in Libya's desert and also held off an advance into his home town.

Kweku Adoboli, the UBS trader alleged to have lost UBS US$2bn in unauthorized trading, has appeared in court in London charged with fraud and false accounting.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will pursue a full United Nations membership bid during a speech Friday that was likely meant to both make the case for membership and manage domestic expectations.

At least 26 people have died and 12 others have been missing in the flood-hit state of Orissa in eastern India over the past week, but waters are now receding, authorities say.