Significant gains are made by Libyan forces fighting to recapture the central city of Sirte from the so-called Islamic State, officials say.

The economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski wins a cliff-hanger presidential election in Peru, but unclear ballots must be settled by electoral court.

New pieces of debris, one resembling a seat part, are found in Madagascar by a man searching for parts of missing flight MH370.

The former vice-president of the Maldives has been convicted over a plot to assassinate the current president.

Beijing authorities are investigating claims that school children suffered nose bleeds and allergies after exercising on a track in a primary school, the latest in a spate of similar cases.

French President Francois Hollande warns against attempts to disrupt Euro 2016 with strike action, as the football tournament prepares for its opening match.

A Hindu monastery worker is hacked to death in Bangladesh, police say, the latest in a string of attacks on secular and minority targets.

The first deliveries of food aid since 2012 reach the besieged Damascus suburb of Darayya.