The Texan city of Houston, the fourth-largest in the US, is hit by huge floods, with local media reporting at least three people dead.

The Australian politician who threatened to kill Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's dogs makes fun of the star couple's apology video.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirms he intends to call an early election for 2 July, after the federal budget is handed down.

Relief efforts continue in Japan after last week's devastating earthquakes, with 100,000 displaced people coping with hundreds of aftershocks.

The founder of Germany's anti-Islamist Pegida partyis due to go on trial in Dresden on hate speech charges.

New York is holding presidential primaries seen as crucial for both Republican and Democratic front-runners after their recent defeats.

The US ambassador to the UN expresses her "great sorrow" after her motorcade accidentally kills a seven-year-old boy in Cameroon.

Ukraine's president says he has agreed with Russia's President Putin on a mechanism to swap Ukrainian prisoner Nadiya Savchenko for two Russians.