The armed wing of Hamas has released a video which it says shows the bloody aftermath of a failed Israeli operation to free an Israeli hostage.

Rights groups say Israel should be investigated for a possible war crime over the death of a journalist in Lebanon in October.

Armenia and Azerbaijan say they will move towards normalising relations, and will exchange prisoners captured during the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori, has been released from prison in the country's capital having spent more than 15 years incarcerated.

The US has grounded its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey helicopters after a report said a crash off the coast of Japan last week, which killed eight crewmembers, was due to a malfunction.

Heavy rains and strong winds from a severe cyclonic storm have been battering India's southern coast with reports that several people have died.

Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shootings last month of three homeless men, whose deaths shocked the city.

Israeli ground forces are pushing into southern Gaza, after three days of heavy bombardment.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow says she is jumping bail and will not be returning home from her studies in Canada.