A 16-year-old Swedish girl rescued from Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq describes life under the jihadist group's rule as "really hard".

Bolivian President Evo Morales accepts defeat in a referendum he had called on presidential term limits to allow him to stand for president gain in 2019.

Pancreatic cancer is at least four separate diseases each with a different cause and needing a different treatment, scientists have discovered.

US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) says it is investigating 14 new reports of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus.

Republican presidential hopefuls are facing off in the US state of Nevada in the fourth test to win the party's nomination for president.

Eleven members of a polygamist Mormon offshoot group are arrested in the US on suspicion of food stamp fraud and money laundering.

The US and China say they have made progress on a draft UN resolution to harden sanctions on North Korea, after its rocket launch and nuclear test.

Two Indian students accused of sedition for helping organise a protest at Delhi's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), hand themselves into police.