The concerns of minority voters will loom large in the next debate between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

Major powers agree to seek a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" in Syria to begin in a week's time, as well as measures to advance aid deliveries.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir reappoints rival Riek Machar to the government as part of a peace deal aimed at ending the country's civil conflict.

A New York City police officer has been convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in a darkened stairwell.

Japanese shares open sharply lower on Friday amid concerns over the global economy and following falls in the US and Europe.

A Japanese MP who sparked a national discussion on paternity leave resigns after admitting to having an affair as his wife was due to give birth.

A Japanese politician who sparked a national discussion on paternity leave has quit amid revelations that he had an affair while his wife was pregnant.

The UK has called the apparent abduction of a bookseller from Hong Kong a "serious breach" of the treaty that paved the way for the city's return to China.