One of Latin America's most beloved comic actors, the Mexican Roberto Gomez Bolanos, or "Chespirito", dies at the age of 85.

A gunman who attacked downtown buildings and the Mexican Consulate in Austin, Texas, before being shot may have had political reasons, say police.

French conservatives are set to elect their next leader in a poll which could mark Nicolas Sarkozy's return to frontline politics.

A man is injured after a pop-up toilet unexpectedly emerges from underground in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, throwing a stationary scooter onto him.

Thirty-five Venezuelan inmates are reported to have died after overdosing on the contents of a prison infirmary they stormed.

A court in Egypt is due to deliver a verdict in the retrial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak on charges of conspiring to kill protesters in 2011.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vows "to leave no stone unturned" in tracking down the perpetrators of a mosque attack that left dozens dead.

Taiwan is holding its biggest local elections, widely seen as a referendum on the China policy of the governing party.