A manhunt is under way in south-east Albania after seven prisoners overpower guards to escape from a high-security jail.

Tribesmen in Pakistan's north-western Khyber region are reportedly negotiating with suspected militants to free kidnapped polio workers.

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists kill 12 people in a raid on a village in northeast Nigeria, where a state of emergency is in place.

More than 11,000 children have died in Syria's civil war in nearly three years, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a new report says.

Iran and six world powers meeting in Geneva reach a deal on Tehran's nuclear programme, foreign ministers say, without giving details.

Deal reached at Iran nuclear talks in Geneva, says EU foreign policy chief's spokesman

The owners of foreign firms operating in Zimbabwe in sectors from farming to hairdressing will be arrested after 1 January 2014, a senior official warns.

Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, announces a re-election bid but his vice-president says he will not stand for the 2014 poll.