Australian officials say they are investigating reports that 18 employees of a gambling company based in Australia have been detained in China.

Hurricane-scarred Haiti will hold its long-delayed presidential and parliamentary elections on 20 November, officials announce.

Three men have been charged with plotting to bomb a Kansas apartment building and mosque where Somali immigrants live and worshipped.

Mexico expects to extradite drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the US by February, a top official says, despite efforts by his lawyers to delay transfer.

An elephant sanctuary has opened in Brazil to provide a home for an estimated 50 circus animals from across Latin America.

A black US doctor is left frustrated after a Delta Air Lines flight attendant rejected her offer to provide emergency care for an in-flight patient.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rejects new claims of sexual assault, saying they are aimed at damaging his campaign.

Countries meeting in Rwanda have agreed a "monumental" deal to phase out gases used in fridges that are worsening global warming.