Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou says his government has foiled a coup plot and made a number of arrests, amid tensions ahead of next year's election.

The Pentagon plans to transfer 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees, reports say - a move that would cut the controversial US prison camp's population to 90.

PM David Cameron says "really good progress" has been made at a EU summit in Brussels but talks on renegotiating UK membership will be "very difficult".

Israel and Turkey reach a preliminary agreement on restoring ties frozen over Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound ship, an Israeli official says.

In a major setback for the opposition, Brazil's Supreme Court scraps a commission dealing with impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.

The birds that helped Charles Darwin refine his theory of evolution are in danger of going extinct according to a new study.

Beijing authorities issue a second pollution "red alert", little more than a week after its first ever such warning.

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says he is "very disappointed" by Japan decision to restart Antarctic whaling, as he starts a visit to the country.