The governor of the US state of Alabama apologises to India after an Indian grandfather was thrown to the ground by police and left paralysed.

At least 1,500 houses were damaged as deadly storms hit the northern Argentine province of Cordoba, authorities say.

Swiss police are searching offices of the Geneva subsidiary of HSBC bank in an inquiry into alleged money-laundering.

Search company Yandex files a complaint with Russia's competition watchdog about the restrictions Google places on Android phone-makers.

More than 300 Boko Haram fighters are killed during a military land and air operation in north-east Borno State, the Nigerian army says.

The US will loosen some restrictions on selling drones - including armed models - to allies and friendly countries.

Peshmerga fighters repel a major attack by Islamic State south-west of Irbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, officials say.

Dan Uzan, the Jewish volunteer security guard shot dead in the Copenhagen attacks at the weekend, is buried amid high security.