The US and the EU express concern at reports of a build-up of separatist reinforcements in eastern Ukraine after a day of shelling in Donetsk.

An informal vote on independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia has shown more than 80% in favour, organisers say.

Police detain at least 14 people in Mexico City after attacks on government buildings during protests over the suspected murder of 43 students.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner leaves hospital after being treated for the latest in a series of medical problems.

Tens of thousands of stateless people in Kuwait, known as Bidun, could be offered citizenship of the Comoros islands off east Africa, an official says.

Investment into renewable energy projects in Australia has dropped by 70% in the last year, according to a new report by a climate change body.

Regulators have approved a long-awaited plan to connect the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges.

An indigenous court in western Colombia convicts seven left-wing Farc guerrillas over the murder of two leaders of the Nasa tribe.