Hezbollah agrees to pull its gunmen out of Beirut after Lebanon's army settles tensions with the government.

John Prescott's memoirs tell of the furious resentment between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Government troops clash with rebels from Darfur outside the Sudanese capital Khartoum, reports say.

A murder inquiry is launched after a 16-year-old boy dies following an attack in the bakery where he worked in London.

Deliveries of aid to help Burma cyclone victims are arriving sporadically, but thousands are yet to receive help.

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will face Robert Mugabe in an election run-off, amid fears of violence.

The Scottish Labour leader gains the full backing of her party's ruling body in her call for an early vote on independence.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama overtakes rival Hillary Clinton in endorsements from super-delegates.