President Obama will sign a bill imposing new Russian sanctions despite reservations, the White House says.

Brazilian indigenous protesters armed with bows and arrows clash with police inside the National Congress building in Brasilia.

Charges will not be filed against comedian Bill Cosby over allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in 1974, US prosecutors say.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama tells the BBC he realises that he may be the last to hold the title.

Hundreds of Haitians take part in a march demanding the resignation of President Martelly two days after Prime Minister Lamothe stepped down.

A probe into the police raid which ended a 16-hour siege in a Sydney cafe leaving the gunman and two hostages dead is well advanced, says a police chief.

Rescuers in central Vietnam are trying to reach 12 workers trapped underground after a section of a tunnel collapsed.

A US-bound passenger plane is forced to make an emergency landing in Tokyo after several people were injured by severe turbulence.