Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, says Vladimir Putin must bear responsibility for his death.

Cuba and the United States re-established direct telephone links for the first time in 15 years, Cuba's state telecommunications company says.

A Melbourne schoolboy who travelled to the Middle East to fight with Islamic State militants has reportedly died in a suicide attack in Iraq.

Sri Lanka's president Maithripala Sirisena tells the BBC he hopes to set up an inquiry into alleged war crimes committed in the civil war within a month.

The US Secret Service is investigating two senior agents following a car crash at the White House last week.

A group of 21 aid agencies says the UN Security Council has failed to implement resolutions meant to secure protection and help for civilians in Syria.

Texas is down to its final dose of lethal injection drugs after the US state executed a man on Wednesday.

The decapitated body of a politician is found in Mexico's Guerrero state, where she had been standing for mayor in June's elections