A suspension bridge connecting two small islands near the Indonesian resort island of Bali has collapsed, killing at least eight people, officials say.

Two US citizens held by Houthi rebels in Yemen are released and flown to Oman with victims of a recent funeral bombing, the US says.

Angry Haitians loot aid trucks shortly before the UN secretary general visited parts of the country hit by Hurricane Matthew, which killed 900 people.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is to attend a meeting in London hosted by UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on the ongoing civil war in Syria.

The heir to the Thai throne wants his coronation postponed for at least a year while he mourns his late father, King Bhumibol, who died on Thursday, officials say.

Two-time Olympic champion Anna Meares retires from cycling two months after winning bronze in Rio.

A former member of the SAS says he is being investigated for murder after writing about shooting "two or three" mortally wounded Iraqi soldiers dead in 2003.

Turkish-backed rebels in Syria have captured the symbolically important town of Dabiq from so-called Islamic State, say rebel commanders and monitors.