France issues a draft resolution at the UN Security Council calling for action to stop the upsurge in violence in Burundi.

The SeaWorld theme park in the US state of California is to phase out public displays by killer whales, its chief executive says, following public outcry.

Chad declares a state of emergency in the western Lake Chad region following attacks by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria.

Police reinforcements arrive at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre in an operation to "restore order" as unrest continues, officials say.

A Swedish man dies and another is seriously injured when the shopping trolley they are riding down a hill hits a car in Sydney, Australia.

A stand-off between detainees and police at a migrant detention centre on Christmas Island has ended "through negotiation", Australian immigration authorities say.

In her first interview since historic polls, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells the BBC that her party has won an election majority.

An international team of architects and scientists have observed "thermal anomalies" at the pyramids of Giza, Egyptian officials say.