Firefighters start fires in Italy and get arrested

Voters in the southern Philippines go to the polls in the region's first parliament election, a test of the peace architecture built after decades of conflict.

Yemeni officials say rebel forces took Greater and Lesser Hanish after allied troops withdrew, extending control north of Bab el-Mandeb.

With seven weeks to Election Day, the president and vice president begin a concentrated campaign swing while voting-rule cases stack up in court.