Dozens of same-sex couples in Chile have been celebrating as a new law recognising their unions came into effect.

The strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Americas is bearing down on Mexico’s Pacific coast, threatening a “potentially catastrophic” landfall.

Heavy rain and floods are affecting dozens of villages, after Typhoon Koppu swept through the northern Philippines.

South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released under house arrest nearly one year after he was jailed for killing his girlfriend, prison officials say.

  The FBI has broken up several sex trafficking rings across the US, uncovering more than 100 sexually exploited teenagers in a nationwide operation.

Pope Francis has made a surprise public apology for recent scandals “either in Rome or in the Vatican”.

Indian police are questioning two men in connection with the rape of a four-year-old girl in the capital, Delhi.

Bill Cosby testified under oath for several hours on Friday in response to a civil case brought by a woman who accused him of sexually abusing her.

Guatemalan President Alejandro Maldonado has announced that his government will build homes for the survivors of a landslide which buried some 125 houses last week.