The new President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, gives criminal gangs operating in the Central American nation one month to disarm.

A football referee in the US state of Michigan dies after being punched in the head during an altercation with a player, police and witnesses say.

Supporters of a researcher who has been detained accused of spying in Tajikistan press the UK government to help secure his release.

The World Health Organization is hosting an emergency meeting in Ghana after confirming the death toll in West Africa has risen to 467.

North Korea test-fires two more short-range rockets amid tensions with Seoul and Tokyo, and ahead of a visit to South Korea by China's president.

Buses carrying migrant children and families are prevented by demonstrators from reaching a processing centre in southern California.

An Indian MP who threatened to kill opposition workers and have women raped apologises, saying it was a "gross error of judgement".

Naps may help dormice save energy and survive until it is time to hibernate, say scientists.