The mother-in-law of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, kidnapped last week in Brazil, is freed without any ransom paid, say police.

One of the world's leading air crash investigators tells Australian TV he believes Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was deliberately flown into the sea.

American Jimmy Walker holes a three-foot putt on the last to beat world number one Jason Day by one shot at Baltusrol, New Jersey.

Turkish special forces capture a group of soldiers suspected of trying to seize Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup attempt.

The President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, for the first time apologises to the island's indigenous communities for centuries of mistreatment.

Dozens of leading French Muslims and Prime Minister Manuel Valls call for a new national drive to promote mainstream Islam and combat radicalisation.

Three men suspected of participating in the gang rape of a woman and her teenage daughter are sent to jail for 14 days as investigations continue.

More New Zealanders are held in Australian immigration detention facilities than any other nationality, Australian statistics show.