An Israeli military court has sentenced four Palestinians to life in prison for the murder of an Israeli couple last October, the military says.

The Spanish interior minister refuses to resign after leaked tapes appear to link him to efforts to smear separatist politicians in Catalonia, as protests build.

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, says missile tests have given his country "the sure capability to attack US interests in the Pacific".

Fears over the Zika virus have contributed to a "huge" increase in number of abortions in Latin America, researchers suggest.

Brazil's supreme court rules there is enough evidence to file new corruption charges against the suspended leader of the lower house of Congress.

Nearly 200 people fleeing Boko Haram militants have died of starvation in the Nigerian city of Bama in the past month, medical charity MSF says.

The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, enters Spanish airspace with the aim of landing in Seville to complete its Atlantic crossing.

Seven people, including three Australians and a New Zealander, are believed kidnapped in Nigeria in an attack which left one person dead.