US NBC anchor Brian Williams steps down temporarily, days after apologising for wrongly saying he came under fire in Iraq in 2003.

The electoral commission in Nigeria postpones the 14 February presidential election by six weeks as Boko Haram militant attacks continue.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appeals to the West for further backing against pro-Russian rebels, including the supply of weapons.

People in the Iraqi capital Baghdad dance in the streets as the curfew is lifted after 12 years despite continuing bomb attacks.

Armed men abduct at least 12 people near a Canadian-owned gold mine in the Mexican state of Guerrero, where 43 students vanished last year.

The Australian prime minister brings forward a party confidence vote on his leadership to Monday, saying he wants to end political uncertainty.

Rebels from Colombia's Farc invite the country's newly crowned Miss Universe to assist their peace negotiations with the government.

Scores of residents are evacuated from their homes in southern Guatemala after the Fuego volcano erupts.