Qatar's construction sector is rife with abuse, warns Amnesty International, as work is about to begin on Fifa World Cup 2022 stadiums.

Powerful tornadoes hit the US states of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, killing at least three people, levelling houses and overturning vehicles.

At least 20 people are killed when a train crashes into a minibus and other vehicles south of Egypt's capital, Cairo, officials say.

The UN Security Council rejects a call by African states to suspend the trials of Kenya's president and vice-president at The Hague for a year.

Australia's intelligence agencies spied on the phone calls of the Indonesian president and close confidantes, leaked documents reportedly show.

Environmental groups sharply criticise the Polish government for hosting a coal industry meeting while UN climate talks are held in the country.

Militia groups from Libya's city of Misrata are ordered to leave the capital Tripoli after clashes there that left more than 40 people dead.

Workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant begin removing fuel rods from a storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor building.