Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has said that progress is being made to secure the release of a British couple seized by pirates.

A coroner has said the training of troops before an operation in Afghanistan in which a female UK soldier died was "inadequate".

Nigeria has buried hundreds of victims of Sunday's sectarian clashes in mass graves.

Hundreds of people in eastern Turkey have sheltered from in tents after a powerful earthquake knocked down homes in five villages.

Authorities say at least five homes and a barn have been destroyed and other structures have been damaged by a large tornado in the US.