US President Barack Obama pledges to stand by his Gulf allies, with military force if needed, amid heightened tensions with Iran.

The Brazilian government and the UN say more than 42,000 people were shot dead in 2012 - the highest figures for gun crime in 35 years.

Two young men have been shot dead during a student protest in Chile, according to officials.

China is planning to invest up to $50bn (£32bn) in Brazil for new infrastructure projects - including a new Pacific-Atlantic railway link.

The leaders of the divided Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus are due to resume UN-brokered peace talks, which were broken off last year.

One of the leaders of the attempted coup in Burundi says that the plot has failed, as the president says he is back in the country

President Barack Obama says the US must invest more in its infrastructure, in the wake of a train derailment in Philadelphia that claimed eight lives.

More than 600 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar stranded at sea land in Indonesia's Aceh province, after being rescued by local fishing boats.