Mexican authorities free a group of workers from a South Korean-run textile factory in Jalisco state, who were being "physically abused".

Pope Francis is due to become the first pontiff in history to make an address before the US Congress, lawmakers in Washington announce.

Jordan says its air strikes on Islamic State targets are "the beginning of our retaliation" for the killing of a captured army pilot.

China says it is holding a Canadian man on suspicion of stealing state secrets but releases his wife on bail, six months after they were detained.

Investigators probing a rail accident which killed six people near New York City say the train was not travelling too fast, officials report.

Beleaguered Australian PM Tony Abbott faces a challenge to his leadership after Liberal MPs initiate a party vote next week.

Police have spent about £10m providing a 24-hour guard at the Ecuadorean embassy in London since Wikileaks founder Julian Assange claimed asylum there.

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks in Russia to try to end renewed fighting in east Ukraine.