Polls are due to open in Turkey with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party seeking a third term in office.

Leaders of a Mexican peace convoy demand US action on drug violence as they cross into Texas, after a week-long journey through Mexico.

The International Monetary Fund says it was targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack earlier this year, causing "a very major breach" of its systems.

The US says Syria's military crackdown has created a "humanitarian crisis" as refugees flee north over the border into Turkey.

Flights to and from parts of New Zealand and Tasmania are cancelled because of ash blowing from a Chilean volcano.

Guinness World Records declares a teenager from the Philippines, Junrey Balawing, the world's shortest man on his 18th birthday.

Syrian government forces advance into the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour after a 24-hour bombardment, reports say.

Chinese police arrest 25 people after clashes with security forces near the southern city of Guangzhou.