Ethiopia's army has surrounded the area in neighbouring South Sudan where it believes more than 100 abducted Ethiopian children are being held, local media report.

One of the longest cross-border drugs-smuggling tunnels between Mexico and the US has been found by authorities in San Diego, US officials say.

The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, renews its effort to circumnavigate the globe, leaving Hawaii to fly across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco.

A large explosion rocks an oil facility in the south-east Mexican state of Veracruz, injuring at least 30 people.

Huge blast hits oil facility in southern Mexican port city of Coatzacoalcos - hundreds evacuated, officials say

More than two billion people live in parts of the world where the Zika virus can spread, detailed maps published in the journal eLife show.

More than two billion people live in parts of the world where the Zika virus can spread, detailed maps published in the journal eLife show.

El Salvador deploys a new heavily armed unit to fight the country's notorious criminal gangs in rural areas.