Washington has no immediate plans to change how it grants travel visas to Cubans, despite recent reforms by Havana relaxing decades-old travel restrictions, the top US official here said in an interview published on Monday.

The leader of Ladies in White, a group founded by wives of political prisoners, will travel outside of Cuba for the first time Monday when she heads to Spain for a visit.

Factfile on the Falkland Islands, which hold a referendum Sunday and Monday on their status as a British overseas territory:

Dozens of naked and half-naked cyclists rolled through Lima Saturday to press for more bike-friendly streets.

Thousands of protesters on Saturday joined a demonstration in Greece's second city Thessaloniki against a Canadian gold mining project which locals say will cause irreversible damage to the environment.

Zimbabwe wildlife authorities on Friday said rangers killed three lions that attacked and killed two people this week in a resort town.

The White House said Tuesday that all public tours of the US presidential mansion and grounds would be cancelled because of the impact of automatic budget cuts which came into force last week.

Sri Lanka is set to open later this month a Chinese-built international airport surrounded by wildlife sanctuaries with the aim of boosting tourism, an official said.

The road to get there may not be safe and local attacks may be at a decade high, but an annual ski race in the Hindu Kush offers Afghanistan the glimpse of a better future, organisers say.

Two lesbians have become the first gay couple to tie the knot at Tokyo Disney Resort, both decked out in fairytale white dresses despite an initial ruling that one had to wear men's clothes.

Namibian environmental groups and tourism companies expressed fury Monday about a film crew's alleged destruction of sensitive areas in the world's oldest desert while shooting "Mad Max: Fury Road."

Australia's tourism industry on Tuesday resurrected its hugely popular "Best Jobs in the World" campaign, offering a chance to become a "Chief Funster", "Taste Master" or "Outback Adventurer".

Namibian environmental groups and tourism companies expressed fury Monday about a film crew's alleged destruction of sensitive areas in the world's oldest desert while shooting "Mad Max: Fury Road."

A Vietnamese property developer who started out making noodles in Ukraine joined mega-rich Hong Kong magnate Li Ka-shing for the first time on Forbes magazine's world's billionaires list Monday.

Algerian officers have found a weapon that belongs to a top Al-Qaeda operative reportedly killed in Mali and examined a body but are still unable to confirm it is his, a daily said on Saturday.

Smuggling the world's largest land animal across an international border sounds like a mammoth undertaking, but activists say that does not stop traffickers supplying Asian elephants to Thai tourist attractions.

Algeria has carried out DNA tests to try to confirm the reported death of a senior Al-Qaeda figure in fighting in northeastern Mali, El Khabar newspaper reported on Friday.

Budget airline Jetstar apologised on Friday after refusing to allow the grieving mother of a New Zealand man killed in a shark attack to change her flight on compassionate grounds.

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have added Saudi Arabia to their tour of the Middle East next month, palace officials said on Thursday.

A controversial Soviet-era paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal will be closed down, a government spokeswoman said Thursday, after years of complaints about pollution at the UNESCO-protected Siberian site.