CONGRESS

Sony lining up new series of Xperia smartphones for 2013.

The US House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee claims Huawei and ZTE pose a national security threat to US and should be avoided.

Clove UK has announced the HTC One X+ is available for pre-order on at £474 (including VAT) and will be available from 22 October.

Check out the features comparison between HTC One X+ and Samsung Galaxy S3.

China's Communist party expels one-time political heavyweight in run-up to decision on new president.

Delegate Cristina Cifuentes says demonstrators were 'radicals' who inflamed situation with 'extreme violence'.

Anonymous, which claims to have taken down Spanish police website, says government has failed to serve interests of the people.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces his toughest week in government as protests highlight unease over steepest austerity measures in modern Spanish history.

LG Optimus Vu 2 leaked sporting 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 2G of RAM, 5.0in LCD display.

In clinical trials, nearly 73 per cent of patients said pain was alleviated by new handheld device.

PadFone 2, packing several new features, could be launched in October at events in Milan and Taipei.

Iran militant group MEK, given refuge by Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war, removed from US State Department foreign terrorist organisation list.

Cybersex and online sex chat rooms targeted in crackdown by Philippines government.

Successor to Galaxy S3 speculated to have hardware features never before seen in an Android smartphone.

Protests over opening doors to global retailers such as Tesco and Wal-mart bring parts of country to standstill.

Karen King, professor of religion at the Harvard Divinity School, unveils a 4x8-cm papyrus fragment that reads "Jesus said to them, my wife," suggesting Jesus had a wife.

Wage dispute which led to deaths of 45 strikers ends but industrial action continues in other South African mines.

Wang Lijun also convicted of bribery and defection - even though his revelations led authorities to murderer Gu Kailai.

Unannounced Asus PadFone 2 makes its appearance in AnTuTu benchmark database.

Companies such as Tesco, Walmart and Carrefour could open their stores in the country.

China's leader-in-waiting ready to return to public eye and date set for police chief trial.