US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be "shackled".

Officials appeal for calm but warn it could take several hours before electricity is fully restored.

Cricket Australia apologises to India and investigates claims visiting players were subjected to racist abuse from fans during the third Test.

China had claimed its birth control policies - widely seen as a crackdown - gave women more freedom.

Mai-Mai militia group is being blamed for the ambush at a famous park where endangered gorillas live.

Ships with navy divers are sent to the site where a plane is believed to have plunged into the sea.

The pangolin is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal. The BBC reports on a rescue operation.

Two landslides hit the same village in Indonesia within hours, leaving emergency teams trapped.