The US increases air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syrian, the Pentagon says, as President Obama predicts "a long-term" fight.

A European championship football match between Serbia and Albania is abandoned after a drone carrying a political message sparks clashes.

Elections are being held in Mozambique with the ruling Frelimo party facing a tough challenge from longstanding opponents in the Renamo party.

A US grand jury levels new charges against the suspected ringleader of the September 2012 raid on a US diplomatic post in the Libyan city of Benghazi.

DNA tests have shown that 28 bodies found in a mass grave are not those of a missing group of students, the Mexican attorney general says.

The US Supreme Court blocks key parts of a controversial Texas law enforcing restrictions on abortion.

Oscar Pistorius will return to court for a third day of a pre-sentencing hearing over whether he should face prison for killing his girlfriend.

Senior military officials from the two Koreas are holding talks for the first time in seven years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports.