Actor Dave Legeno, who played Fenrir Greyback in the Harry Potter films, was found dead in California's Death Valley last weekend, authorities say.

Iraqi forces and affiliated militias appear to have executed at least 255 prisoners in June while fleeing advancing Isis militants, a rights group says.

Tommy Ramone, the drummer and last surviving original member of influential US punk band The Ramones, has died aged 62, the group announces.

Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip continue to trade fire after Israel vows to press on with its offensive to stop rocket attacks.

US Secretary of State John Kerry holds fresh talks with the two candidates of the Afghan presidential vote who accuse each other of electoral fraud.

US officials charge a Chinese businessman with hacking into the systems of Boeing and other large defence contractors to steal military data.

A suburb of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk is badly damaged by shelling, a day after the army suffers some of its heaviest losses.

England suffer another batting collapse as India strengthen their grip on the first Test at Trent Bridge.