The US is expelling Ecuador's ambassador in Washington, in retaliation for Ecuador's expulsion of the US ambassador earlier this week.

A Montreal theatre company's hiring of a French rock star convicted of manslaughter causes a row, with politicians calling for him to be denied entry.

New York's Bronx Zoo chooses a name for the cobra that escaped from her pen and was discovered six days later: Mia.

Libya's rebel commander says Nato has apologised for mistakenly carrying out a deadly air strike on a column of rebel tanks in the east of the country.

Hundreds of thousands of Colombians join street demonstrations against the policies of President Juan Manuel Santos.

Ivory Coast's internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara urges the EU to lift sanctions, amid warnings of a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Jamaica says a tough approach to gang violence has had significant success in bringing down its murder rate, one of the highest in the world.

Islamist group Hamas announces it has agreed a deal with Gaza's militant groups to stop attacking Israel, hours after an Israeli bus was hit.