Thousands of mourners gathered in the Iraqi city of Fallujah on Saturday at the funerals of Sunni protestors killed by army troops a day earlier.

Thousands of people rally in Washington DC calling for stricter gun controls on a march from the Capitol to the Washington Monument.

Musicians and crew of the Mexican band Kombo Kolombia are reported missing after playing a gig on Thursday night in the northern city of Hidalgo.

Venezuelan officials say they are evacuating Uribana prison, the site of a deadly riot which left more than 60 inmates, soldiers and guards dead.

An envoy for Japanese PM Shinzo Abe meets China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, amid a growing territorial dispute.

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs she is fond of Burma's army, despite it putting her under house arrest for 15 years.

Bulgarians are set to vote in a controversial referendum on whether to build a new nuclear power plant opposed by the centre-right government.

North Korea warns of "substantial and high-profile important state measures", days after announcing plans for a third nuclear test.