Senegalese Prime Minister Aminata Toure is sacked after less than a year in office, after her ruling party's poor results in last week's local elections.

Egypt introduces electricity and fuel price increases in a move to cut state energy subsidies and reduce the budget deficit.

Two former senior military officers in Argentina have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Bishop Enrique Angelelli in 1976 during military rule.

Brazil forward Neymar is ruled out of the World Cup with a fractured vertebra suffered against Colombia.

The German authorities summon the US ambassador in Berlin after a 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of spying for the US.

A court in Guatemala has sentenced a former rebel leader to a long prison sentence for ordering the murder of 22 pro-government farmers in 1988.

An insect landed on Colombia's James Rodriguez after he scored a penalty against Brazil during their 2014 World Cup quarter-finals at the Castelao arena in Fortaleza.

Russia's lower house of parliament passes a law requiring internet companies to store Russian citizens' personal data inside the country.