Israel reassigns its nominee for ambassador to Brazil, whose appointment Brasilia refused to accept, apparently because he is a former settler leader.

Hours after Syrian troops recaptured Palmyra, images emerge showing the extent of damage wrought by Islamic State group militants.

The centenary of the Easter Rising, the rebellion that began on Easter Monday 1916, is to be marked in Irish towns and cities with synchronised wreath-laying events.

Antoine Demoitie dies in hospital after being struck by motorbike during Belgium's Gent-Wevelgem race, which was won by Peter Sagan.

The Mexican authorities say they have arrested the top money launderer for the Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman.

A Pakistani Taliban splinter group says it carried out an attack on a Lahore park which killed more than 70 people, including children, saying it had targeted Christians.

Mother Angelica, a US Roman Catholic nun who founded a global media empire, dies aged 92.

Police in Australia escorted a koala to safety after it stopped traffic on a highway.