An explosion hits the northern Nigerian city of Yola, with more than 30 people feared dead, just days after a visit from President Buhari.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal drops out of the race for US presidency after struggling for months to gain traction amid a sprawling field of Republican candidates.

New Zealand rugby union great Jonah Lomu dies aged 40 - he was diagnosed with a serious kidney condition in 1997.

Bolivian President Evo Morales apologises for joking that Health Minister Ariana Campero could be a lesbian.

Armed police are raiding a flat in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis, in a hunt for those involved in last Friday's deadly attacks.

Four people have been killed and there are fears for two others caught in out-of-control bushfires in Western Australia.

The head of security in Iraqi Kurdistan says he hopes last Friday's deadly attacks in Paris will act as a wake-up call to Western powers.

The opening of a McDonald's outlet in the home of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Ching-kuo in Hangzhou, China has sparked a controversy.