Fierce fighting is raging between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine despite a truce deal, officials say.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye, watches the test firing of a new missile in response to what it sees as a growing threat from North Korea.

President Barack Obama awards two World War I army heroes, one black and one Jewish, posthumous medals for their heroics 100 years ago.

US Secretary of State John Kerry undergoes successfully surgery on a broken leg and will be "walking by Wednesday", his doctors say.

The EU says that it has brokered an agreement for early elections in Macedonia to end months of unrest sparked by corruption allegations.

Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption, US media reports say.

Divers spend the night searching a cruise ship which capsized in China's Yangtze River, but the death toll rises to 18 and hundreds are still missing.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to travel to Brussels where he will be presented with a new plan to solve Greece's debt crisis.