At least 20 bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying hundreds capsized on the River Niger, Mali, on Friday night, officials say.

The Irish Republic is on track to exit its international bailout programme by December, Prime Minister Enda Kenny says.

Negotiations over the political and fiscal crisis in Washington shift to the Senate, but there is little chance of a breakthrough in sight.

A Brazilian landowner is sentenced to 115 years in jail for killing five and injuring eight landless workers in the south-east of the country in 2004.

Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, has launched a new website called Farianas, run by and dedicated to its female members.

A grand procession is escorting the body of Vietnamese national hero General Vo Nguyen Giap to his home town for burial.

A massive cyclone has hammered eastern India overnight, bringing down power lines, ripping up trees and sending seawater surging inland.

One of six Britons detained in Russia after a Greenpeace protest last month tells his family he is preparing himself for a long prison sentence.