There have been fierce clashes in eastern Lebanon between Sunni Islamist militants and members of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah.

Incumbent Dilma Rousseff has won most votes in Brazil's presidential poll but will face a centrist rival in a run-off, near-complete results show.

Police in Mexico arrest four suspects in connection with the killing of governing party congressman Gabriel Gomez Michel in the west of the country.

US hostage Peter Kassig, who is being held by IS militants in Syria, told his parents in a letter in June that he was "scared to die", they reveal.

Four civilians are killed as Pakistani troops fire guns and mortar shells at border posts in Indian-administered Kashmir, Indian officials say.

Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani, accused of arranging the murder of his wife, arrives in court in South Africa.

A specialist ship begins scanning the Indian Ocean seabed in the next phase of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is improving following an operation at a Bangkok hospital to remove his gallbladder, say officials.