US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be "shackled".

Officials appeal for calm but warn it could take several hours before electricity is fully restored.

Ships with navy divers are sent to the site where a plane is believed to have plunged into the sea.

Cricket Australia apologises to India and investigates claims visiting players were subjected to racist abuse from fans during the third Test.

The pangolin is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal. The BBC reports on a rescue operation.

China had claimed its birth control policies - widely seen as a crackdown - gave women more freedom.

Information is emerging about those on board the Sriwijaya Air flight that crashed off Indonesia.

Mai-Mai militia group is being blamed for the ambush at a famous park where endangered gorillas live.