Maryland's first female Episcopal bishop will face charges over a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Baltimore, prosecutors say.

US prosecutors recommend bringing criminal charges against ex-CIA director David Petraeus, the New York Times reports.

Thousands of people attend the funerals of eight Australian children found dead in the north-eastern city of Cairns last month.

Police in France are urgently hunting for any accomplices of the gunmen who killed 17 people in two days of terror attacks around Paris.

The Indonesian navy retrieves from the seabed the tail of AirAsia flight QZ8501 that crashed two weeks ago.

US company SpaceX says its experiment to bring part of its Falcon rocket down to a soft landing on a floating sea platform did not work.

Hundreds of extra troops are being deployed around Paris after three days of terror in the French capital killed 17 people and left the nation in shock.

Hong Kong's richest person urges lawmakers to pass controversial political reforms that will change the way the territory's next leader is elected.