Mexican drug lord El Mencho buried in golden coffin

New Zealand’s government has paid Samoa 10m Samoan Tala (NZD 6m; £2.6m) after one of its naval ships crashed into a reef in Samoan waters before catching fire and sinking last year. HMNZS Manawanui started leaking oil into the ocean after it sank, with reports of sea turtles dying and slicks appearing on nearby Samoan…

An entire family – a married couple and their two young sons – have been killed in an overnight Russian drone attack in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region, local officials have said. Regional head Oleh Hryhorov said a residential building was hit in the village of Chernechchyna. The bodies of the two children, aged four and…

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ruled that former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is fit to attend pre-trial proceedings for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICC also will hold a hearing on 23 February to decide whether the prosecution’s case against Duterte is strong enough to proceed to a trial. Duterte’s lawyers earlier…

EPA/Shutterstock Security has been tightened across the country with vote counting under way At least seven Ugandan opposition supporters were killed overnight in disputed circumstances, as President Yoweri Museveni has taken a strong lead in results from Thursday’s presidential election. The opposition say they were attacked by security forces in the home of an MP…

Ai, a female chimpanzee famous for her cognitive skills has died at 49, according to the Japanese institute where she lived. The Kyoto University’s Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior said Ai died on 9 January of old age and organ failure and that she was surrounded by staff when she died. Ai…