Security forces move into Rio's largest favela as they search for suspects in the killing of a police officer on patrol in the area on Thursday.

At least two American soldiers have been killed in an attack on Camp Bastion, a major base for international forces in Afghanistan, US officials say.

A US man whose conviction on drug charges was thrown out by a Nicaraguan appeals court leaves Nicaragua after two years in jail, his family says.

Western countries appeal for an end to violent protests targeting their embassies, amid fears of further unrest over a film that has enraged Muslims.

A Wisconsin judge strikes down a law stripping most public employees of collective bargaining rights, but Governor Scott Walker vows to appeal.

Tens of thousands attend the funeral in South Korea of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, who died this month at the age of 92.

The Czech government bans the sale of all spirits containing more than 20% alcohol following a wave of poisoning that has left 19 people dead.

The man expected to be China's next leader, Xi Jinping, appears in public after a two-week absence that fuelled speculation about his health.