For the first time in Brazil, a judge in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul permits a baby to be registered with two mothers and a father.

A German gay rights activist is critically ill after being assaulted two weeks ahead of a planned gay pride march in Serbia's capital, Belgrade.

The US Navy calls off its search for the one pilot still missing after two jets crashed over the western Pacific on Friday, a spokesman says.

PM David Cameron says the murder of David Haines is an "act of pure evil", after the release of a video purporting to show the UK hostage's beheading.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf sacks 10 government officials who are "out of the country without an excuse," amid a national Ebola crisis.

PM Tony Abbott says Australia is sending 600 troops to the Middle East ahead of possible combat operations against Islamic State in Iraq.

Sweden is set to vote in its parliamentary election, with opinion polls suggesting the Social Democrats may regain power.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to speak in Berlin at a mass rally against anti-Semitism, amid a sharp rise in attacks on the Jewish community.