Pope Francis is due in Ecuador, as part of his second trip to Latin America since becoming pontiff in 2013.

US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton accuses China of hacking US computers and stealing commercial secrets and government information.

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro makes a rare public appearance at a meeting with cheese experts near Havana.

US actress and model Diana Douglas, the first wife of actor Kirk Douglas and mother of Michael Douglas, has died aged 92, her family says.

Millions of Greeks are due to vote in a crucial referendum on whether to accept the terms of an international bailout.

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group carries out an air assault on its Raqqa stronghold in Syria.

French and German presidents applied pressure prior to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes, says Fifa president Sepp Blatter.

Boko Haram militants are blamed for a suicide bomb attack in a Nigerian church at the end of a week in which more than 200 people were killed.