Illegal immigrants in the US often get better care than the nation's military veterans, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says.

Five United Nations peacekeepers are killed and another is seriously injured in an attack in central Mali.

Unidentified gunmen have killed 11 people, including three teenagers and a Colombian national, in western Venezuela, officials say.

A woman is feared dead after a crocodile attack in Australia's Daintree National Park.

The chief negotiator of Syria's main opposition umbrella group resigns over what he called the failure of UN-brokered peace talks.

At least 35% of corals in the northern and central parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed by mass bleaching, scientists warn.

Security forces in Mexico launch a major search operation for international footballer Alan Pulido after he was abducted near his home.

The killing of a gorilla at a zoo in the US city of Cincinnati after a four-year-old boy fell into its enclosure triggers outrage on social media.