Chef Benoit Violier, whose Swiss restaurant was named the best in the world in December, is found dead at his home.

At least 11 people were shot dead at a girl's 15th birthday party in Mexico's Guerrero state, its governor says.

Five Czech nationals who went missing in Lebanon in July have been found and are now in the care of Lebanon's security force, Czech officials say.

A stricken cargo ship is heading towards the French coast, maritime authorities say, but there are hopes it can be righted before it runs aground.

The French president has cut the jail sentence of a woman who killed her abusive husband, after her case became a cause celebre.

Hundreds of MPs are gathering for a new session of Myanmar's parliament, set to choose its first democratically elected government in more than 50 years.

Twenty-seven Chinese officials are being penalised for the wrongful execution of a teenager, state news agency Xinhua says.

An emergency meeting of the World Health Organization will discuss the unprecedented Zika outbreak and whether to declare a global emergency.