French police investigating claims that Ikea snooped on employees and customers arrest two senior executives of the Swedish furniture chain.

Thousands of protesters in Haiti clash with police during rallies to demand the resignation of President Michel Martelly over the cost of living and corruption.

At least nine people are killed and a number are missing as heavy storms and floods sweep through the Italian island of Sardinia, officials say.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner returns to work following brain surgery to remove a blood clot and thanks well-wishers for their support.

Authorities confirm that a body found in the water off Miami on Saturday is that of a man reported to have fallen from a plane the previous day.

An ex-director of the Brazilian state-run bank Banco do Brasil convicted in a major corruption trial flees the country to escape a jail sentence.

A zoo in the US state of Texas is investigating why a male lion suddenly attacked and killed a lioness in full view of visitors on Sunday.

Voters in Nepal are going to the polls to elect members of a new assembly tasked with writing a constitution, after years of delay.