Video footage in Texas appears to show police shooting and killing a man with his hands up, as they respond to a domestic dispute.

Gang violence in El Salvador left 907 people dead last month, a level of bloodshed unseen since the civil war of the 1980s, police say.

Asian markets continue to fall on Wednesday, with Shanghai opening down more than 4% amid worries about China's growth.

US federal agents arrest more than 90 people and shut down 16 underground labs making illegal steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.

Guatemalan MPs vote to remove President Otto Perez Molina's immunity, clearing the way for him to be prosecuted for alleged corruption.

Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is due to go on trial for war crimes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Pro-government militiamen and Houthi rebels have committed serious abuses against detainees in Yemen's second city of Aden, Human Rights Watch says.

Boats carrying thousands of migrants arrive overnight in mainland Greece, as the EU struggles to cope with an unprecedented influx.