A volunteer who helped clean up illegal cannabis farms in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California has died in a fall from a helicopter.

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi clash during protests a day after a state of emergency was extended.

A ship described as China's first luxury cruise liner is stranded at a port in South Korea because of a legal dispute in China.

A Roman Catholic priest in Zanzibar receives treatment in hospital after attackers threw acid at him on a street in the island's capital, police say.

Police in Mexico City clash with protesters during an operation to clear a square occupied by teachers demonstrating against education reforms.

Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia dissolves the Seleka rebel group that helped bring him to power in a coup in March.

Ethiopia has more than halved its mortality rates for children under the age of five years during the last two decades, new UN statistics show.

More than 250 people are arrested in Chile after protesters marking the 40th anniversary of the 1973 military coup clash with police.