A neighbour of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius tells his murder trial she was awoken by a woman's "terrible screams" followed by cries and shots.

Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews hold a protest in Jerusalem against plans to conscript them into the Israeli Army.

North Korea says it will release and deport Australian missionary John Short, 75, held since last month for allegedly distributing religious materials.

Two members of Libya's parliament were shot and wounded when protesters stormed the General National Congress in the capital, Tripoli.

Demonstrators take to the streets of Caracas, ignoring President Maduro's pleas for Venezuelans to stop protests during carnival.

The Chinese currency is experiencing its biggest decline since 2005, breaking a long-term rising trend.

Russia's G8 partners condemn Moscow's military build-up in Ukraine amid fresh diplomatic efforts to avert further escalation of the crisis.

North Korea has test-fired two more short-range missiles, officials in the South say, amid ongoing annual South Korea-US military drills.