Australian police make 15 arrests in Sydney and Brisbane in what they say is the biggest counter-terrorism operation in the country's history.

Police in Thailand say they have still not formally identified any suspects in the murder of British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

Six women are convicted of operating a "pyramid" scheme in south-west England and south Wales, in which thousands of investors lost money.

Medics in rebel-held Syria accidentally gave a muscle relaxant to up to 75 children instead of a measles vaccine, killing 15, the opposition says.

The jury in the sex abuse trial of the former BBC broadcaster Dave Lee Travis retires to consider its verdicts.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been diagnosed with a "fairly aggressive" rare cancer, doctors treating him say.

People in Scotland will vote later on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation.

The US House of Representatives approves President Barack Obama's plan to train and arm the moderate Syrian opposition taking on Islamic State.