Republican front-runner Donald Trump urges Ohio Governor John Kasich to drop out, as campaigning intensifies ahead of crucial Wisconsin vote.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde dismisses reports that the body is trying to push Greece towards default as "simply nonsense".

Indian mining giant Adani is a step closer to building one of the world's biggest coal mines in Australia, but still faces legal challenges from environmental and Indigenous groups.

Mehbooba Mufti is sworn in as the first woman chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir.

Syrian forces have retaken the central town of al-Qaryatain from so-called Islamic State (IS), in a further strategic blow to the militant group, state media say.

Aung San Suu Kyi reduces the number of government ministries she will run in Myanmar's new government from four to two.

The last Dutch survivor of the Nazi extermination camp at Sobibor, Jules Schelvis, dies at his home in the Netherlands aged 95.

The spokesman for the al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra Front is among 20 or so jihadists killed in an air raid in Syria, activists report.