A postal referendum on which flag New Zealand would adopt if it chose to replace its current design is due to end.

Police in Finland detain Iraqi twin brothers suspected of featuring in a video of a massacre by so-called Islamic State in 2014.

A lake in California is being searched by police investigating the shooting of 14 people in San Bernardino last week.

The Supreme Court of New South Wales says a right-wing rally to mark 10 years since the Cronulla race riots outside Sydney cannot go ahead.

The final version of a new global climate agreement is expected to be released later, following late-night talks in Paris on outstanding issues.

Honduran international footballer Arnold Peralta is shot dead while on holiday in his hometown on the Caribbean coast.

North and South Korea are holding high-level talks in the Kaesong joint industrial zone, the latest in a series of steps to improve relations.

An Oklahoma City police officer is convicted of raping and sexually assaulting black women in the poor area he worked in.