Novak Djokovic saves two match points against Roger Federer for the second year running to win a thrilling US Open semi-final.

The head of Libya's interim government, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, flies to Tripoli for the first time since anti-Gaddafi forces captured the capital.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams indicates his party will put forward a candidate for the Irish presidency for the first time.

A French hostage is rescued from pirates off Yemen and her captors detained but a second hostage remains missing, EU defence officials say.

The United States is stronger 10 years on from 9/11 and al-Qaeda is "on the path to defeat", President Obama says on the eve of the attacks anniversary.

Some 100,000 mourners, including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, pay last respects to members of a Russian ice hockey team killed in an air crash.

The head of the Arab League says he has agreed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on steps aimed at ending months of violence there.

The Tanzanian region of Zanzibar begins three days of mourning for the victims of a ferry sinking that killed nearly 200 people.