Ten Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, agree to rally with the US in tackling the threat posed by Islamic State jihadists.

The man accused of killing his five young children and dumping their bodies had gone through a bitter divorce, US court documents show.

President Barack Obama is due to lay out the US strategy to defeat Islamic State militants, reported to include air strikes in Syria.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is admitted to hospital with a tentative diagnosis of a tumour after suffering months of abdominal pain.

The ozone layer around the earth is showing its first sign of thickening after years of steady depletion, a UN team says.

New figures show destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has risen again, with more than almost 6,000 sq km (2,315 sq miles) being cleared.

South African Judge Thokosile Masipa is due to give her verdict at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius - the athlete could face 25 years in jail.

Transformers star Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct over his disruption of a Broadway performance of Cabaret.