President Obama makes jokes at the expense of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and critics of his healthcare plan at his final White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Scientists in Brazil say the Zika virus may be more dangerous than previously thought.

Puerto Rico's governor says the territory will not make a debt repayment on Monday after a weekend of crunch talks to resolve the financial crisis end without a deal.

Colombia deports alleged drug lord Gerson Galvez, known as Caracol or The Snail and described as one of the region's most feared criminals, to Peru.

The bodies of US climber Alex Lowe and cameraman David Bridges are found on Shishapangma in Tibet, 16 years after they were killed by an avalanche.

Thousands of people are battling forest fires in India's northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, where at least two people have died.

Two US missionaries are found dead in a rural area of the Caribbean island of Jamaica notorious for its high rates of crime, police say.

A plan to cull almost all of Australia's famous Snowy Mountains wild horses, known as brumbies, is called "horrific" by conservationists.