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

A Bolivian indigenous farmer dies in protests against a silver-mining project owned by a Canadian company near the southern city of Potosi.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

East Timor is holding its general elections, in a key test that will decide whether UN peace keepers leave by the end of the year.