The Bangladeshi prime minister pleads with Islamic extremists to stop killing in the name of religion.

US drone and air strikes killed between 64 and 116 civilians outside war zones between 2009 and 2015, the White House says.

Australians have begun voting in the country's federal election, where the conservative coalition government is widely expected to hold power.

Two senior military leaders of so-called Islamic State (IS) were killed by a US-led coalition air strike in Iraq, the Pentagon says.

Mining giant BHP Billiton says it will fight the suspension by the Brazilian Supreme Court of a settlement for damages caused by a dam burst at an iron ore mine.

Mexico's air force flies grain into southern Oaxaca state to deal with dwindling food supplies there caused by roadblocks set up by protesting teachers.

Hundreds of troops are storming a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, where gunman took at least 20 hostages, including foreigners.

The French poet, translator and art critique Yves Bonnefoy dies, aged 93, according to media reports.