The US calls Pakistan-Taliban talks an "internal matter", after Islamabad said the drone killing of a top militant had ruined its peace process.

At least 17 people are killed and many more injured in a stampede at the end of a religious vigil in eastern Nigeria, officials say.

The Mexican Congress approves a tax reform bill imposing new levies for junk food and soft drinks, among other changes.

EBay apologises and removes from sale about 30 items of memorabilia from the Nazi Holocaust, following an investigation by a UK newspaper.

Polls are set to open in key municipal elections in Kosovo, with the main focus on whether ethnic Serbs will heed calls not to boycott the vote.

A court in Bangladesh is set to rule on crimes allegedly committed during the 1971 independence war by a UK Muslim leader and a US citizen.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is beginning a tour of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, aiming to shore up faltering alliances.

Pakistan's prime minister is to chair an urgent security cabinet meeting to consider a response to the drone strike which killed Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud.