Argentina has booked a place in the World Cup thanks to a Lionel Messi hat-trick in their 3-1 win over Ecuador.

Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off Ecuador coast, damage limited.

Socialist Lenin Moreno is set to extend a decade of leftist rule in Ecuador after official results showed him winning the presidential election, as his conservative rival cried foul.

Nearly 13 million voters in Ecuador go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, replacing Rafael Correa who has held the post for 10 years. There are eight candidates vying for the job and many voters are undecided.

Aid arrives in coastal towns damaged by Ecuador's deadly earthquake, which has killed at least 480 people.

Search and rescue continues after Ecuador earthquake kills more than 270 people.

The death toll from Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades has risen to at least 235 as rescue teams raced to dig out people trapped under the rubble in shattered coastal towns.

Bystanders in Ecuador help emergency workers pull out a car from under a collapsed bridge in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake.

A magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Ecuador has killed at least 41 people as the government declares a national emergency.