The US state of Florida is set to begin a competitive Burmese python hunt, in an attempt to rid the Everglades wetlands of the invasive species.

The homes of five Greek journalists are targeted in arson attacks apparently carried out by anarchists angry at media coverage of the country's economic crisis.

A fire at a building housing workers in the Bahraini capital Manama kills 13 people, officials say.

Vietnamese propaganda officials admit deploying people to engage in online discussions supporting the Communist Party's policies.

Supporters of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez showing their support for the cancer-stricken leader on the day he was due to be inaugurated for another term.

Twenty-nine people are killed after a bus veers off a mountain road in Nepal, police say.

Australian firefighters are continuing to tackle more than 100 bushfires, which the government says have been exacerbated by climate change.

The White House rejects a petition calling for the building of a Death Star, a huge battle-station similar to that seen in the Star Wars films.