New interim President Michel Temer urges Brazil to trust in the country's capacity to rebuild the economy, after Dilma Rousseff is suspended.

Four suspected Kurdish rebels are killed while loading explosives in south-eastern Turkey, while several people are hurt in a bomb blast in Istanbul, officials say.

Two US senators urge airlines to temporarily stop charging passengers baggage fees in an effort to speed up security queues.

The US Navy demotes the commander of the 10 US sailors who in January entered Iranian territorial waters and were briefly detained.

Western diplomats walk out of Ugandan President Museveni's inauguration over disparaging comments he made about the International Criminal Court.

The US Secret Service has launched an investigation after Donald Trump's former butler called for death of President Barack Obama.

A security contractor has been killed outside the Australian embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirms.

The EU naval mission to tackle people smuggling in the central Mediterranean is failing to achieve its aims, a UK parliamentary committee says.