Another 100,000 spaces in refugee welcome centres will be created under a deal agreed by European leaders at an emergency summit in Brussels.

Presidential and parliamentary elections in Haiti end without major incidents, less than three months after polls that were marred by violence.

A whale-watching boat with 27 people on board sinks off the coast of British Columbia in Canada, killing at least four people, emergency bodies say.

A former TV comedian with no experience in government wins by a wide margin a run-off vote in Guatemala's presidential election.

At least 124 people are injured when a high-speed ferry from Macau to Hong Kong hits an object in the water and loses power.

The remains of a US soldier, missing since the Korean War, have been returned to his family in California, according to local media.

A woman who drove into a crowd in the US state of Oklahoma, killing four people, is charged with second-degree murder.

Students in South Africa continue protests over university fees despite the president vowing to freeze increases - some demand free education.