A Chechen woman in the Netherlands takes her two young children against their father's will to join Islamic State militants in Syria, prosecutors say.

Three officers tell a court in Boston that Dzhokar Tsarnaev lobbed explosives at police and fired shots as he and his brother tried to escape capture after bombing the city marathon.

A US millionaire who was recorded in private appearing to confess to three killings is charged with murder and could face the death penalty.

The Nigerian military says it has retaken the north-eastern town of Bama from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

The public prosecutor in Brazil formally charges the treasurer of the governing Worker's Party with corruption in the Petrobras scandal.

Vanuatu urgently needs food and relief supplies, officials say, as teams work to reach outlying islands cut off by the devastating Cyclone Pam.

Australian soap Neighbours is gearing up to celebrate its 30th anniversary after success in more than 60 countries around the world.

A senior Kurdish official in Iraq voices concern over the major role of Iranian-backed Shia militias fighting with Iraq's army against Islamic State.