House Republicans call FBI Director James Comey to testify about Hillary Clinton's use of private email as secretary of state.

The number of US troops in Afghanistan is to be reduced to 8,400 from 9,800 by the end of 2016, President Barack Obama has announced.

The Syrian military declares a 72-hour "regime of calm" covering the whole country, though there are reports of continuing fighting outside Damascus.

The streets of Zimbabwe's main cities are deserted during a nationwide stay away to protest at the lack of jobs and unpaid wages.

The US Justice Department opens a civil rights investigation into a fatal police shooting of a black man in Louisiana.

Former Fox News presenter Gretchen Carlson is suing her former boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment and wrongful termination.

Mumford and Sons say they will boycott a Swedish music festival after reports emerge that 17 women were sexually assaulted at the event.

The former head of Sierra Leone's army, Maj Gen Nelson Williams, who was kidnapped in Nigeria last week has been freed, officials say.