The Colombian government resumes talks with Farc rebels to try to resurrect the peace deal following a no vote in Sunday's referendum.

Republican vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence and his Democratic counterpart Tim Kaine face off in their only debate of the election.

The Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong is detained by Thai authorities in Bangkok while on a visit to address students, his Demosisto party says.

A man accused of killing his young son by leaving him in a hot car was responsible for the boy's death but it was not intentional, a court hears.

Myanmar abolishes a stringent law which had been used by the former military leaders to silence its opponents.

A new study aims to assess whether the seas around Britain have now got so noisy that fish species like cod and haddock have difficulty communicating with each other.

A professional diver is killed by a stingray while removing fish from the closed Underwater World oceanarium in Singapore.

The most powerful Caribbean hurricane in nearly a decade has left thousands of people displaced in Haiti, with officials still trying to reach the worst-hit areas to assess the damage.