Hundreds of people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian coastguard says.

An outfit worn by actress Vivien Leigh in the film Gone with the Wind sells for $137,000 (£91,000) at an auction in California.

More than 300 people have been arrested in South Africa in connection with the wave of violence against immigrants, the home affairs minister says.

Islamic State militants release a video purportedly showing the killing of up to 30 Ethiopian Christians seized in Libya.

Italy's PM leads calls for more EU action on migrants after the latest boat capsize in the Mediterranean leaves hundreds feared dead.

A "mysterious" disease has killed at least 18 people in the past several days in south-eastern Nigeria, local officials say.

For the first time in Cuba, at least two government opponents will be standing on Sunday in municipal elections in Havana.

Old kitchen, bathroom and laundry equipment made up 60% of the 41.8 million tonnes of electronic waste thrown away in 2014, suggests a report.