Environmental group Global Witness accuses two Vietnamese rubber companies of massive land grabs in Cambodia and Laos.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro launches a big operation to tackle violent crime, with troops patrolling the streets of Caracas and other cities.

A nationalist Japanese politician, Toru Hashimoto, describes the foreign sex slaves used by Japanese troops in World War II as "necessary".

A Rio de Janeiro court overturns an order to block the controversial concession of Brazil's iconic Maracana stadium to a group of private firms.

The Associated Press news agency describes the US government's secret seizure of its journalists' telephone records as an "unprecedented intrusion".

Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday are to focus on the conflict in Syria.

Jewellery belonging to Italian film star Gina Lollobrigida goes up for sale at an auction in Geneva on Tuesday.

A teenager is suspected in the shooting of 19 people at a New Orleans Mother's Day parade on Sunday, police say.