Five people are arrested in dawn raids in Sydney over the fatal shooting last week of police worker Curtis Cheng.

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam", wins the Pen Pinter prize for championing free speech.

US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrives in Havana for two days of talks focusing on measures to ease the impact of the US embargo.

US Secretary of State John Kerry urges Haitians to take part in this month's presidential election and help develop a strong democracy.

The general who led last month's short-lived coup in Burkina Faso is charged with crimes including threatening state security and murder.

The EU is beginning a new naval operation to board and seize boats smuggling migrants across the southern Mediterranean to Europe.

Moldovan police and the FBI are reported to have stopped four attempts by smugglers to sell nuclear material to extremists in the Middle East.

California has put limits on flying drones over private property, in an effort to stop paparazzi photographers from snapping photos of celebrities from afar.