Japanese musicians set a new world record for the biggest number of players on the theremin - the musical instrument used without actually being touched.

The governing conservative bloc in Chile appoints outspoken politician Evelyn Matthei to run against former President Michelle Bachelet.

Belgium's King Albert II is to formally abdicate in favour of his son Crown Prince Philippe, urging a divided country to stay united.

Superman and Batman are to appear in the same film for the first time, it has been revealed, to the delight of many fans of the popular comic characters.

Two US fighter jets dropped unarmed bombs on the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's coast during a training exercise that went wrong, it has emerged.

At least 17 Colombian troops die in an ambush close to Venezuela's border, amid efforts to end the country's lingering conflict with Farc rebels.

A powerful, minute-long earthquake shakes New Zealand, damaging Wellington's parliament building, although no casualties are reported.

Legal experts appointed by interim President Adly Mansour are to start work on amending Egypt's constitution as protests against the military go on.