A UN committee adopts a motion urging the Security Council to refer North Korea over its human rights record to the International Criminal Court.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $5.7m to launch a programme that uses plasma from Ebola survivors to try to treat the illness.

Five people, including an Australian tourist from Sydney, are killed in a nightclub fire in Cambodia, local police confirm.

Solomon Islanders go to the polls in the first parliamentary elections since an Australian-led peacekeeping force withdrew.

A great white shark is found dead in nets at Sydney's Bondi beach during a routine inspection, officials say.

Streaming service Netflix postpones a Bill Cosby stand-up special after another woman accuses the veteran comedian of sexually assaulting her.

Four people are sentenced to death for killing their pregnant relative in an "honour killing" case that caused widespread outrage.

The trial has begun in Rio de Janeiro of Eike Batista, a Brazilian billionaire accused of insider dealing.