A three-year-old in Oklahoma steered a truck to safety across a four-lane road after his drunken mother fell from the vehicle, police say.

At least 30,000 people in South Sudan are facing starvation and millions more are facing severe hunger because of the civil war, the UN says.

Mexican police find an 800m-long tunnel used to smuggle drugs into the US city of San Diego, authorities say.

Athletes from dozens of indigenous ethnic groups are taking part in the first World Indigenous Games Palmas, Brazil.

Sweden reacts with shock to a deadly school attack by a sword-wielding man who police say is being investigated for possible far-right sympathies.

India's literary council condemns recent attacks on writers, while about 100 writers stage a march against what they call rising intolerance.

Paul Ryan sets aside some initial reluctance and announces he is going to run for speaker of the US House of Representatives.

At least 42 people are feared dead after two bomb attacks in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say.