Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner defends her economic policy in her last speech to Congress before she steps down in December.

An ex-minister in Peru is charged with involvement in the killing of a journalist during the Shining Path rebel insurgency in the 1980s.

North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the sea as annual US-South Korea military exercises get under way, officials in Seoul say.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart ahead of the release of a UN report on human rights violations in Ukraine.

A video has captured the moment US police shot and killed a homeless man after an altercation in downtown Los Angeles.

Hong Kong police arrest more than 30 people after protesters gathered for a third time against mainland Chinese tourists.

Iraq launches military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State, Iraqi TV says.

Outgoing Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba wins the world's most valuable individual award, the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership.