Eight people are found dead at four crime scenes in rural Ohio of US, and most of them are shot to death, authorities say. No arrests had been announced, and it's unclear if the killer or killers are among the dead.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his address to the nation today, said he will resign and go home if proven guilty by the Panama Papers probe.

Barack Obama urges the UK to stick with the EU, as he starts his final trip to Britain as US president by having lunch with the Queen.

Prince, the innovative US music superstar whose hits included "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry" and whose songwriting and

US pop star Prince, 57, was found unresponsive at his Minnesota home and was later declared dead, US media reports say.

Anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman is to be the first woman to appear on a US banknote for more than a century.

A fresh tremor rattles Ecuador overnight, a 6.1 magnitude jolt that was the strongest aftershock since a lethal earthquake killed hundreds of people on Saturday. There was no immediate report of further damage.

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivers a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he is nearing the end of his life and exhorting them to help his ideas survive.

Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans' skepticism about what they read on social media.

Brazil's lower house of congress votes to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused of manipulating government figures.

Brazil's lower house of Congress is due to hold a crucial vote on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts for political gains.

Ted Cruz nails down all 14 delegates up for grabs at the Republican Party convention in Wyoming.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders come to blows in a heated US presidential debate in Brooklyn, raising the stakes in their increasingly acrimonious race to clinch the Democratic nomination.

The United States has said the government of Bangladesh took 'limited measures' to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces. The US, in its 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, claimed authorities failed at times to maintain effective control over security forces.

Republican Donald Trump yesterday said the party's leaders did not want him to win the presidential nomination.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump lashed out at what he called the party's "rigged" delegate selection rules on Monday after rival Ted Cruz swept all of Colorado's 34 delegates over the weekend.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's fate rested yesterday on the loyalties of the last 100 or so congressional deputies yet to declare how they will vote in a looming impeachment showdown.

A US Navy officer with access to sensitive US intelligence faces espionage charges over accusations he passed state secrets, possibly to China and Taiwan, a US official told Reuters on Sunday.

US President Barack Obama has said failing to prepare for the aftermath of the ousting of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi was the worst mistake of his presidency.

John Kerry yesterday said he was "deeply moved" by his unprecedented visit to the Hiroshima atomic bomb memorial -- and urged President Barack Obama also to make the trip.