The Philippines holds a day of mourning for 44 police commandos killed in a clash with Muslim rebels, as police sought terror suspects.

An Indian woman who says she was raped by a Delhi driver of web-based taxi firm Uber files a lawsuit against the service in a US court.

A bomb blast at a Shia religious mosque in southern Pakistan kills at least 20 people and injures many more, officials say.

Mitt Romney, the Republican beaten by President Obama in the US 2012 election, has decided he will not run for president again.

At least 26 people, including soldiers, are killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

A German couple who had been ranching in Paraguay for 30 years are shot dead, allegedly by left-wing guerrillas.

Two pilots have set a new world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean.

King Salman of Saudi Arabia announces a major cabinet reshuffle, a week after he acceded to the throne.