One person is killed and at least 10 others are injured during a series of freak tornadoes in northern and western Poland.

Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm, who made her name in the original Broadway production of the musical Oklahoma!, dies aged 95.

Heavy fighting is reported around the Syrian capital Damascus, as the Red Cross says the conflict is now in effect a civil war.

Three Kenyans who allege they were tortured by British colonial authorities during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising are to start their case for damages in London later.

The runner-up in Mexico's presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, files a legal challenge to the result of the 1 July vote.

Former Tamil Tiger snipers have been selected to represent Sri Lanka in shooting sports at national level, an official says.

North Korea's top military chief Ri Yong-ho has been removed from his job, state media say, seven months after Kim Jong-un came to power.

The refugee influx in the border region between Sudan and South Sudan is now a "full-blown humanitarian crisis", Save The Children warns.