BBC News - World (The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.)
Clan 'behind Philippine massacre' The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner.
BP due to publish oil leak report BP is to release an internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst ecological catastrophe in recent US history.
Church defiant over Koran burning A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.
Autocracy fear as Sri Lanka votes Sri Lankan MPs are to vote on proposals to let President Mahinda Rajapaksa seek a third term, in a move critics warn marks a slide to autocracy.
Six die in Pakistan drone strike Six people have died in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say.
