Ben Bradlee, the editor of the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal that toppled President Nixon, has died aged 93, the newspaper says.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is setting up an inquiry into attacks on UN facilities during Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip.

US rules requiring air passengers from the three West African countries worst hit by Ebola to travel via one of five airports come into effect.

Supporters of a leading anti-government cleric in Pakistan end a two-month protest in the capital which failed to unseat Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Police in India investigate the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in her school in the city of Bangalore.

A snowplough driver at a Moscow airport says he lost his bearings before a collision with a plane that killed Total oil boss Christophe de Margerie.

The Syrian military has stepped up its air strikes on rebel-held areas dramatically, carrying out more than 200 in recent days, activists say.

Sweden could use weapons in the search for a suspected foreign submarine near the capital Stockholm, a senior naval official tells the BBC.