Two Major League Baseball games scheduled to take place in Puerto Rico are moved due to players' concerns about the Zika virus.

Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng dies of a suspected heart attack after collapsing on the pitch.

A UN envoy says more than 50 mass graves have so far been found in parts of Iraq that were previously controlled by so-called Islamic State.

A two-day truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo is extended for a further three days, Russia's defence ministry says.

Candidates in the Philippines presidential election have converged on the capital Manila to hold rallies ahead of Monday's vote.

There are fears that a huge wildfire which has devastated the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray could double in size over the next 24 hours.

Sanctions imposed on North Korea over its nuclear programme are damaging health and science, three Nobel laureates say after visiting the country.

Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg makes an impassioned plea on behalf of single mothers, ahead of Mother's Day in the US.