A top US senator, Democrat Bob Menendez, is charged with 14 counts of corruption but dismisses the accusations as false.

The governor of California has announced the first mandatory water restrictions in the state's history after years of drought.

Eleven former school teachers and administrators are convicted of falsifying students' test scores in Atlanta, Georgia.

Fighting in the Yemeni city of Aden has intensified as Houthi rebels try to seize control of the city from forces loyal to the president.

A trawler sinks off the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's Far East, with 54 confirmed dead and 15 still missing in freezing seas.

A UN report says that more than 25,000 foreign fighters have travelled to join militant groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State.

At least two people are killed as gunmen storm a university compound in the north-eastern Kenyan town of Garissa, near the Somali border.

Egyptian security sources say at least seven soldiers have been killed after gunmen attacked military checkpoints in the Sinai peninsula.