A small child dies after falling into an enclosure of African wild dogs, or African painted dogs, at a zoo in the US city of Pittsburgh.

An 11-year-old child is killed when Kurdish rebels set off a car bomb in the south-eastern Turkish town of Semdinli, says PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Dozens of young men have been shot dead in Nigeria by the military in Maiduguri, residents in the north-eastern city tell the BBC.

China's services sector picks up pace in October, the latest in a series of figures indicating that its economic growth may be rebounding.

At least 22 people die in heavy rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, days after a cyclone hit parts of the state.

A gas blast at a mine in New Zealand that killed 29 workers was preventable, an investigation has found, with multiple warnings ignored.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron arrives in Dubai to strengthen British defence, security and commercial ties in the wake of the Arab Spring.

A hunger strike by asylum seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru has entered a fifth day, weeks after Australia re-opened its processing camp there.