Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has received a Cambodian passport after she was awarded citizenship of the impoverished south-east Asian nation.

A former Khmer Rouge field commander, convicted in absentia over the murder of three tourists in 1994, has been apprehended in north-western Cambodia, the government said today.

MASKED gunmen seized dozens of children at an international school in north-western Cambodia yesterday, killing a Canadian toddler.

Masked gunmen seized dozens of children at an international school in north-western Cambodia today, killing a three-year-old Canadian boy and threatening to shoot the others one-by-one before police rescued the remaining hostages, police and government officials said.

One child was killed today during a stand-off with hostage-takers at an international school in north-western Cambodia before authorities freed dozens of other hostages and arrested the gunmen.

Two Irish children are reportedly among dozens of students being held hostage at an international school in north-western Cambodia today.

Six masked men took 70 students and three teachers hostage at an international school in north-western Cambodia today.