The US reopens its mission to Somalia in Kenya, the latest step in restoring diplomatic ties since it withdrew from the country two decades ago.

A Guatemalan judge orders ex-president Otto Perez Molina to stand trial on corruption charges in a scandal that led to months of street protests.

A British Airways plane bound for London catches fire at Las Vegas airport, forcing the evacuation of all 172 people on board on emergency slides.

The European Commission president is poised to announce plans to deal with the migrant crisis, including quotas for individual EU countries.

Child mortality has fallen by more than 50% since 1990, a report by the World Health Organization and UN children's organisation Unicef says.

Thai police say a key suspect in the Bangkok shrine bombing has confessed to giving a bag containing the device to the man who carried out the attack.

Serena Williams edges past older sister Venus at the US Open to move within two wins of her first calendar Grand Slam.

Hillary Clinton apologises for using a personal email account for official business whilst US secretary of state.