The kidnapped daughter of a high-profile Colombian official is freed after a reward was offered.

Fourteen more cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) have been confirmed in South Korea and a fifth person has died, health officials say.

Mourning ceremonies are being held to remember the hundreds of people who died in Monday's Chinese ferry disaster.

Barcelona become European champions for the fifth time after goals from Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suarez and Neymar.

American Pharaoh becomes the first horse to win the US Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978 after winning the Belmont Stakes.

The United Nations says that peace talks it is brokering between Yemen's Houthi rebels and the government will take place in Geneva next weekend.

President Obama delivers an emotional eulogy at the funeral of former Delaware Attorney-General Beau Biden, the son of US Vice-President Joe Biden.

Two convicted murderers are on the run after they used power tools to escape from a maximum security jail in New York state.