American dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new US intelligence report says.
Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr stage protests in Baghdad against a deal to allow US troops to remain in Iraq.
Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are granted a "quickie divorce" at the High Court in London.
At least 15 people are killed as insurgents attack the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.
The 3,000 extra UN troops being sent to DR Congo must be elite soldiers from Europe, the UN's ex-peacekeeping chief says.
Workers tear down the home of Chinese activist Ni Yulan, now in detention after fighting for six years to save it.
At least five people have been killed in a blast at the funeral of a Shia cleric in north-western Pakistan, police say.
France's opposition Socialists face a run-off vote for a new leader, after a first ballot failed to produce a winner.
