An Afghan court upholds the death sentences for five men convicted of gang raping four women, in a case which has sparked national outrage.

Construction has begun on a giant observation tower in the heart of the Amazon basin in Brazil to monitor climate change.

Police in Uganda say they have seized explosives during raids on suspected al-Shabab militants who were said to be plotting an attack in the country.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to meet foreign ministers from around the world in Paris to discuss how to defeat Islamic State militants.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is spending a week governing the country from a remote indigenous community in the Northern Territory.

Hurricane Odile hits the Mexican resort of Los Cabos, uprooting trees and signposts and confining tourists to their hotels.

Hundreds of people have been showing their opposition to a Russian boycott of fruit and vegetables from Europe with a tomato fight in Amsterdam.

Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the British code breaker, wins the People’s Choice award at Toronto Film Festival.