A millionaire charged with murder in Los Angeles appeared before a judge in Louisiana for a second day, to face new drug and weapons charges.

A US university fraternity has been suspended while police investigate allegations that nude female photos were posted to a private Facebook page.

Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore, is critically ill in hospital and his condition has deteriorated, the government says.

Dozens of people are hurt and some 350 people arrested in a protest involving anti-austerity demonstrators in the German city of Frankfurt.

Emergency aid is beginning to reach some of the worst-hit islands of Vanuatu, after a cyclone tore through flattening entire villages.

Sierra Leone's Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has been sacked for seeking political asylum in the US embassy, the president's office says.

Millionaire real estate tycoon Robert Durst is moved to a mental health unit after he was deemed a suicide risk.

The Pentagon confirms that a US drone strike in Somalia last Friday killed al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar, a suspect in the 2013 Kenya mall attack.