Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has a new target to aim for following its historic flyby of Pluto.

Chancellor George Osborne announces more than £500m of contracts for the Royal Navy's submarine base at Faslane, securing 6,700 jobs.

A mayor in Brazil is on the run after police accused her of taking funds from the school system and running the town remotely through WhatsApp.

The Islamic State group has destroyed part of another temple at the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra, reports say.

Chinese authorities punish 197 people for spreading rumours online about the recent stock market crash and fatal explosions in Tianjin.

The European Union announces emergency talks on its escalating migrant crisis, as record numbers try to enter the bloc by sea or land.

US horror film director Wes Craven, creator of the Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream franchises, has died aged 76, US media say.

The first British healthcare worker who caught and survived Ebola is working as an NHS nurse in the hospital that helped save his life.