The White House says Russian air strikes against militants in Syria are "indiscriminate" and threaten to draw Russia more deeply into the crisis.

Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Fahmy, recently pardoned and released from jail in Egypt, accuses Canadian PM Stephen Harper of letting him down.

At least 11 people are dead after a US C-130 Hercules aircraft crashes at an airport in Jalalabad in Afghanistan, the US military confirms.

Hackers target credit agency Experian to steal the personal information of about 15 million T-Mobile customers and applicants for contracts in the US.

Australia PM Malcolm Turnbull faces fresh calls to shut down Australia's offshore migrant detention centres, amid ongoing allegations of abuse.

The CIA withdraws staff from the US embassy in Beijing, fearing data stolen from government computers could expose its agents.

Two people have been killed in a shooting outside New South Wales state police headquarters in western Sydney, Australian police say.

Five young girls were behind a series of deadly explosions in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Thursday evening, security sources say.