Italian politicians react with anger after the country's first black minister has bananas thrown at her during a political speech.

Huge crowds gather for a memorial service in the Canadian town of Lac Megantic, three weeks after a train disaster killed 47 people.

Polls open in Cambodia's parliamentary election, with Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party widely expected to win the most seats.

About two million people have packed Brazil's Copacabana Beach for the last evening of World Youth Day with Pope Francis, organisers say.

Polls are due to open across Mali for a presidential election aimed at reuniting the country after months of political turmoil.

The driver of a train that crashed at high speed in north-west Spain, killing 78 people, is to be questioned by a judge on Sunday.

British soldiers have returned to an area of southern Afghanistan for a week-long operation, led by Afghan forces, against Taliban insurgents.

Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi defy threats of removal from a protest in Cairo, despite clashes with security forces on Saturday which left at least 72 people dead.