Venezuelan anti-government protesters are to march in the capital, Caracas, to pressure electoral authorities into holding a recall referendum this year.

Some of the world’s earliest life forms may have been captured in squiggles found in ancient rocks from Greenland.

An Uzbekistan state TV presenter reads out an independence day speech on behalf of President Islam Karimov, said to have suffered a stroke.

The US state department confirms American journalist Lindsey Snell was detained by Turkish authorities earlier this month.

Five people are killed in a mid-air collision between two small commercial planes in the US state of Alaska.

US Republican candidate Donald Trump insists Mexico will pay for a border wall, in a key speech reaffirming his tough stance on immigration.

Australia is suing the local unit of Volkswagen for allegedly misleading customers by selling modified vehicles that covered up emissions fraud.

British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran later, after suspending them four years ago.