Ecuador MPs pass a controversial bill backed by President Correa limiting the reach of private broadcasters.

Counting is under way in Iran's presidential election after millions of voters went to the polls to choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng wins the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical Fiction for his second novel The Garden of Evening Mists.

A judge regarded by activists as Venezuela's highest-profile political prisoner is set free from house arrest, her lawyer says.

A peacekeeper was killed and two others were injured in Sudan when artillery shells hit the logistics base of the UN mission, the UN says.

US authorities made thousands of data requests to Facebook last year, the firm says, after a vast surveillance scheme was revealed in leaked papers.

Chilean judges recommend dropping the extradition to Spain of six agents accused of killing a Spanish diplomat in 1976.

Fifa is confident the opening match of the Confederations Cup will go ahead in Brazil despite protests outside the stadium.