Mali says it is now free from the Ebola virus, after 42 days without a new case, the country's health minister says.

Executing Australian smugglers will not solve Indonesia's drug problem, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says.

Houthi rebels exchange fire with the army in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, two days after they abducted the president's chief of staff.

Protests continue at Australia's Manus Island asylum detention camp in PNG, with hundreds of detainees reportedly on hunger strike and some barricaded in.

Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who accused President Cristina Fernandez of a cover-up over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre, is found dead.

The crash of AirAsia QZ8501 three weeks ago was not likely due to terrorism, say Indonesian investigators analysing the cockpit voice recorder.

At least 20 of up to 80 people taken hostage by Boko Haram in Cameroon at the weekend are now free, reports say.

Kenyan police fire tear gas at pupils of a Nairobi government school protesting about the sale of their playground to a private developer.