A US drone kills at least 12 suspected militants in Pakistan's north-west, officials say, while a gun attack leaves 18 dead in the south-east.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says the observer mission in Syria should be reduced and focused on mediation, after a UN-backed truce failed to take hold.

Libyans go to the polls in the first national election since the fall of Col Gaddafi in a vote overshadowed by violence and deep national divisions.

The festival of San Fermin has begun in Spain, with the first of eight 'running of the bulls' events.

At least six people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in central Iraq, reportedly targeting a Sunni Awakening Council member, officials say.

Dozens of young penguins who lost their way during their annual migration to the south of Brazil have ended up on the tropical beaches of Rio de Janeiro.

Ohio restaurant owner Josephine Harris dies hours after serving breakfast to US President Barack Obama.

Some of the top Dutch Olympic athletes are facing debt as the government is imposing fines if they fail to finish their degrees on time.