A hearing in the case of US Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, who is accused of desertion in Afghanistan, recommends he be spared jail, his lawyers say.

Guinea is to vote in presidential elections with the build-up marred by violent clashes between opposition and pro-government supporters.

One of the best-known South Indian actresses, Gopishantha - better-known by her stage name Manorama, dies, aged 78, her family says.

Thousands protest in the German capital Berlin against the planned TTIP free-trade deal between the EU and US.

A convoy of UK military vehicles has been hit by a blast in the Afghan capital, UK officials say, with seven reported injured but no British casualties.

A white police officer was justified in shooting and killing a black 12-year-old boy in Cleveland, Ohio last year, experts conclude.

Presidential elections are taking place in Belarus, where voters are expected to return incumbent Alexander Lukashenko to power.

Suicide bombers attack a fish market and refugee camp in the town of Baga Sola in western Chad, killing more than 30 people, officials say.