EU leaders are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Georgia, the French foreign minister says.

Barack Obama is to formally accept his historic nomination for the White House in a speech at the Democrats' convention.

The US economy grew 3.3% in the second quarter of 2008, the Commerce Department said, much higher than first thought.

The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, describes the floods in the northern state of Bihar as a "national calamity".

The Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as a member of parliament, ending a decade's absence.