Fierce fighting breaks out in the Syrian town of Kobane, ending two days of relative calm after defenders pushed back Islamic State militants.

The House of Lords agrees unanimously to make "revenge porn" a criminal offence in England and Wales.

Vital supplies to tackle Ebola are beginning to arrive in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - the worst-hit countries, Ghana's president says.

Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, credited with transforming Australian society in the 1970s, has died at the age of 98.

A paralysed man has been able to walk again after a pioneering therapy that involved transplanting specialist cells into his damaged spinal cord.

Christophe de Margerie, chief executive of French oil company Total since 2007, has died when his plane crashed during take-off in Moscow.

Robbers and muggers who use guns or knives in England and Wales would face tougher prison sentences under proposed new guidelines.

Police Ombudsman Michael Maguire criticises the role of the PSNI in the On the Runs scheme.