Brazilian prosecutors file corruption charges against the speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, and former President Fernando Collor de Mello.

Israeli aircraft fire missiles at a building in Syria's Golan Heights in response to a rocket strike on an Israeli village, reports say.

A new study confirms humans' status as a unique super predator, and points to ways our impacts on other species could be lessened.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his frontline troops to be on a war footing, state media says, as tensions rise with the South.

The Peruvian Congress approves legislation allowing the country's air force to shoot down planes suspected of carrying illegal drugs.

New Zealand has halted a bird cull after marksmen mistakenly killed several birds from a critically endangered species.

The number of people with dementia is levelling-off in parts of Western Europe - and even falling in the UK - according to a report by University of Cambridge scientists.

Australia's Maggie Kirkpatrick, star of the TV drama Prisoner, is sentenced to community service after being found guilty of sexually abusing a teenager.