Iran's Supreme Leader has pardoned the pioneering Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan after six years in prison, Iranian media report.

Two Tunisian policeman convicted of raping a woman in a police car have their sentences more than doubled in a high profile court case.

Nearly five million people living illegally in the US can escape deportation under sweeping changes to be unveiled by President Barack Obama.

Dozens of people have been killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in north-eastern Nigeria, officials and villagers say.

At least one person has died in the Kenyan city of Mombasa after new clashes following the closure of several mosques in the city.

Nicaragua says construction of its $50bn inter-oceanic canal will begin next month after feasibility studies are approved.

A Dutch teenager whose mother helped bring her back from the conflict in Syria is due to appear in court on suspicion of threatening state security.

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe dissolves parliament paving the way for a snap election in December, as local media polls show a low level of support.