The UN says reports from Iraq "reveal acts of inhumanity on an unimaginable scale", as the Human Rights Council debates calls for a fact-finding mission.

Experts have raised concerns over the security of "cloud" storage sites following the leak of intimate pictures of celebrities.

Barclays Bank sells Spanish businesses for £633m to the country's third largest lender CaixaBank.

Israel unveils plans to take 400 hectares of land in the West Bank, triggering criticism from the Palestinians and the US.

Doping experts have yet to find an effective test to uncover athletes using the gases xenon and argon to boost performance, as a ban is introduced.

Cuba restricts the amount of foreign goods that travellers can bring into the country, where locally-made items are scarce and expensive.

China's manufacturing activity misses expectations in August, indicating that the country's economy may be losing momentum.

Police in New Zealand are hunting for a man who shot two people dead and injured a third at an unemployment office.