Gunmen board a Greek-owned tanker at a Nigerian port, killing one crew member and taking three others hostage, officials say.

The European Central Bank (ECB) toughens its stance with Greece by restricting financing to the country's banks.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro calls for a relationship with the US based on diplomacy, after the US imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials.

Rescue teams in Taiwan are continuing to search for 12 people who remain unaccounted for after a plane crashed in a river, killing 31.

Hundreds of firefighters in Western Australia are battling to stop an out-of-control bushfire reaching a town.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks in Ukraine, as Washington mulls whether to send weapons to help Kiev fight pro-Russian rebels.

Brian Williams, one of America's top news anchors, apologises after admitting that accounts he gave about coming under fire in Iraq were not true.

The man accused of operating Silk Road, a deep web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold, has been found guilty by a jury in New York.