Former International Olympic Committee director-general Francois Carrard is appointed head of Fifa's reform taskforce.

A talented rugby coach dies after being struck by a giant wave while on holiday in France.

British director Jack Gold, whose work included Goodnight Mister Tom and The Naked Civil Servant dies age 85.

The number of parents taken to court in England over their child skipping school rose sharply last year, official figures show.

Mexican health authorities ban giveaways of baby formula at hospitals, saying the country needed to boost low breastfeeding rates.

Authorities in Texas have fired a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black college student.

As Libya peace talks begin in Geneva, the United Nations special envoy calls on the country's rival governments to reconcile this month.

Rebel groups and pro-government forces have agreed a 48-hour ceasefire in three Syrian towns, activists say.