At least 26 people, including soldiers, are killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

A German couple who had been ranching in Paraguay for 30 years are shot dead, allegedly by left-wing guerrillas.

Two pilots have set a new world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean.

The Philippines holds a day of mourning for 44 police commandos killed in a clash with Muslim rebels, as police sought terror suspects.

King Salman of Saudi Arabia announces a major cabinet reshuffle, a week after he acceded to the throne.

China's education minister tells universities to shun textbooks promoting Western values and block criticism of the political system, state media say.

An Indian woman who says she was raped by a Delhi driver of web-based taxi firm Uber files a lawsuit against the service in a US court.

The former Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal is set to rule on the appeals of five men over their convictions over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.