Actress Alyssa Milano has caused a storm with a tweet calling for women to join her in a sex strike to protest against strict abortion bans in the US.
South Africa's president has vowed to purge his party of "bad and deviant tendencies" as he prepares to appoint a new cabinet following a victory in national elections.
A significant piece of tractor engineering history was snapped up when Fastrac enthusiast Johnny Hamill made a flying visit from Northern Ireland to attend one of JCB's regular plant auctions across the water.
Authorities say gunmen have attacked a Catholic church in Burkina Faso, killing a priest and five worshippers.
Fifty special trombones have been given out to band students throughout Florida in honour of a teenager who died in the Parkland high school shooting.
