South Korea is to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which more than 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye.

A first division football club in Bolivia has signed President Evo Morales to play as midfielder.

Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's bloc won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, but fell short of a majority, preliminary results suggest.

A lawyer for imprisoned US soldier Chelsea Manning tells the BBC she may sue the Army if she is not given sex change therapy in a military prison.

Bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst gives her first public concert since her Eurovision victory and is lauded by Austria's leader for promoting tolerance.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrive in Canada for the start of a four-day royal tour, including engagements across three provinces.

A suicide blast in a popular part of the the Nigerian city of Kano kills four people, police say.

Six Malian government officials and two civilians are killed as rebels continue to clash with troops in the north town of Kidal.