The Pentagon says that the US military has carried out an air strike targeting a senior al-Shabab leader in Somalia.

The search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 begins for a third day and is expanded to cover an area far beyond the plane's flight path.

Police in Los Angeles shot a young black man in the back from close range during a struggle in August, a post-mortem report finds.

US President Barack Obama suggests Russia's Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea earlier this year turned out to be "not so smart".

Italian officials say they are not certain how many people are still missing from a stricken ferry off Corfu, with all those on board now evacuated.

News that Greece faces a snap election on 25 January has been met with international concern with the radical left scenting victory.

Indonesian search teams spot debris - and a body - at sea, said to be 95% likely to be from AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which went missing with 162 on board.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is given a suspended three-and-a-half year prison sentence after being found guilty in a fraud trial.