The US Justice Department tells North Carolina that its law limiting protections for LGBT people violates national civil rights laws.

Scientists in Australia discover how crocodiles' eyes are adapted to lurking at the water surface to watch and wait for prey.

A state of emergency is declared in Canada's Alberta province, after a wildfire forces all 88,000 residents of Fort McMurray to flee their city.

Japanese airbag maker Takata has been forced to increase a recall after US authorities said they found further safety defects in its products.

More than 30 people are injured after an Etihad Airways flight hit "severe and unexpected' turbulence flying into Indonesia.

Australia's most-wanted militant and IS recruiter Neil Prakash has been killed by a US airstrike in Iraq.

Brazil's beleaguered President Dilma Rousseff tells the BBC she is an "innocent victim" and vows to fight on, as attempts to impeach her gather pace.

Police raid a Hong Kong beauty salon and arrest 11 women, after customers accused it of offering fraudulent medical treatments.