Barack Obama is preparing to deliver what has been called the most important speech of his life in front of 75,000 people at the climax of the Democratic Convention in Denver.

The EU was considering sanctions for Russia over the Georgian crisis, following Moscow's recognition of two rebel provinces as independent.

Gary McKinnon, a computer expert who hacked into dozens of US military computers, has lost his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and faces extradition to the US in the next fortnight, his solicitor has said.

The Indian Prime Minister has declared flooding in the Bihar state a "national calamity" as efforts focused on the evacuation of more than 120,000 people.

After his 10 year wait to return to parliament, Anwar Ibrahim has led the Malaysian opposition straight back out again.