Ukrainian President Poroshenko extends a week-long truce with pro-Russian rebels in the east for three days, hours after signing a landmark EU deal.

General Motors is recalling nearly half a million vehicles in the US amid concerns over faulty air bags and other issues, the company says.

Bosnia marks 100 years since the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the trigger for World War One.

Legendary soul singer and songwriter Bobby Womack, who worked alongside many of the greatest musicians of the 20th Century, dies at 70.

Jose Manuel Mireles, one of Mexico's main vigilante leaders battling drug cartels, is arrested for carrying unauthorised weapons, officials say.

The leaders of Sweden and Germany offer encouragement to the UK's David Cameron after his defeat over the European Commission president.

Argentine Vice-President Amado Boudou is charged with abuse of power over his alleged control of a company that prints Argentina's banknotes.

The UK is facing a major sperm shortage that may be tempting fertility clinics to accept poorer quality sperm, the British Fertility Society warns.