A bomb has exploded in a shopping centre in the Chilean capital, Santiago, injuring eight people, three of them seriously.

European Union member states formally adopt new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but do not specify when they will come in to force.

Dutch experts are due to publish the first report into what caused Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to crash in eastern Ukraine in July.

The US hails the new Iraqi government ahead of a trip by Secretary of State John Kerry to the region to shore up support against IS.

A man has been killed in a suspected shark attack off a beach in Australia's Byron Bay, officials say.

Four Peruvian anti-logging activists and tribal leaders have been killed by suspected illegal loggers, officials say.

The death toll from floods in India and Pakistan has passed 375 as authorities struggle to rescue hundreds of thousands of stranded people.

Croatia's Marin Cilic wins his first Grand Slam title with a straight-sets win over Japan's Kei Nishikori at the US Open.