The Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah confirms a six-month truce in fighting against anti-government rebels in two areas of Syria.

Thai police say a man they arrested over a deadly bombing at Bangkok's Erawan shrine is indeed the bomber, contradicting earlier statements.

Ukraine says it will ban Russian airlines from flying into the country as part of sanctions over Moscow's support for rebels in the east.

Switzerland temporarily bans the sale of some Volkswagen diesel-engine models in the wake of the emissions-rigging scandal in the US.

A group of US-trained Syrian rebels has handed over their vehicles and ammunition to fighters linked to al-Qaeda, the US military admits.

A unit of guards that carried out a week-long coup in Burkina Faso are to be disbanded, the reinstalled interim cabinet announces.

A suspected Islamist charged with the war crime of destroying religious monuments in the Malian city of Timbuktu arrives at the International Criminal Court.

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric, the grand mufti, says Thursday's stampede that killed more than 700 people was "beyond human control".