A fast-growing tumbleweed called "hairy panic" is clogging up homes in a small Australian town.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington is seriously concerned about increased Chinese militarisation of the contested South China Sea.

Austria will impose a daily quota on asylum claims and limit the flux of migrants travelling through the country.

Egypt has ordered the closure of the country's last remaining centre for treatment and documentation of alleged torture victims.

Venezuela raises petrol prices for the first time in 20 years as part of a series of measures aimed at easing the country's economic crisis.

Pope Francis decries the "tragedy" of people forced to migrate, as he ends a five-day visit to Mexico with a Mass in Ciudad Juarez.

People across Uganda begin voting in presidential elections, with incumbent Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 30-year rule.

Turkey vows to retaliate against the perpetrators of a powerful blast in the capital Ankara that left at least 28 people dead and 61 injured.