A Mexican judge rejects an appeal by drugs lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman against his extradition to the US.

Employees of Vale and BHP Billiton are among 21 people being charged with homicide over a 2015 Brazilian iron ore mine disaster.

Mexican officials say they have stopped a lorry carrying 121 Central American migrants, many of them dehydrated, trying to reach the US illegally.

White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump poke fun at each other at a charity dinner, but the Republican gets booed.

Venezuela's electoral body halts a campaign for a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro, triggering opposition anger.

An Australian football coach who was kidnapped in Yemen last month appears in a video online saying his captors want ransom money.

South Africa has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of bias against Africa, media say.

Hundreds of snow leopards are being poached in retaliation for livestock losses every year across the high mountain ranges of Asia, says a new report.