UK to host Afghan-Pakistani talks(r to l) Asif Ali Zardari, David Cameron and Hamid Karzai in New York (26 September 2012)

UK PM David Cameron will hold talks with the Afghan and Pakistani presidents to discuss regional co-operation ahead of Nato's Afghan withdrawal in 2014.

Ramel Vela in hospital after his releaseTwo Philippines hostages released

Islamist militants release two Filipino hostages, believed to have been kidnapped last June while working for Jordanian TV, in the southern Philippines.

President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Maryland, in this White House handout photo taken 4 August 2012Obama shooting picture released

The White House tweets a picture of Barack Obama skeet-shooting - seemingly to settle a row about whether the president had fired a gun before.

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