A car bomb explodes at the gates of a military barracks near the airport in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing two soldiers, security officials say.

Financial backers of NBA side LA Clippers withdraw their support after an alleged racist remark by the club's owner.

Paul Simon and his wife Edie Brickell hold hands in court after being arrested over a domestic dispute.

European banks will be expected to prove they can survive a 7% drop in GDP under new tougher stress tests unveiled by the regulator.

Turkey is to start extradition proceedings against the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.

Major Eliecer Otaiza, who served as the head of the Venezuelan intelligence service under President Hugo Chavez, has been killed, officials say.

The mayor of Lazaro Cardenas, one of Mexico's largest port cities, is arrested on suspicion of having links with a drugs cartel.

Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states, a local leader tells the BBC.