Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hails the security forces on the attack on a rebel camp which left Farc leader Alfonso Cano dead.

Eight people are killed in an attack by gunmen on a volleyball game in the troubled Mexican state Sinaloa.

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier is in hospice care with liver cancer, his manager reveals.

Venezuelan officials are negotiating to secure the release of two police officers held hostage after a deadly riot in a prison in Tachira state.

Pop and music acts, including Lady Gaga and Coldplay, will be performing in Belfast later as the MTV Europe Music Awards take place in the city.

Nicaraguans are set to go to the polls to elect a president, with incumbent Daniel Ortega seen as a favourite to secure another term in office.

Guatemalans go to the polls in the second round of presidential elections, with ex-general Otto Perez Molina seen as a favourite to win the race.

At least six people are killed by a suicide bomb attack near a mosque in Baghlan, northern Afghanistan, at the start of the Eid festival, police say.