A court in Egypt sends 78 boys under the age of 18 to prison for taking part in protests in support of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The first human trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola suggests that it is safe and may help the immune system to combat the virus.

Thailand's finance minister tells the BBC that elections to end military rule might now not take place until 2016.

Missouri's governor reportedly rejects calls for a new grand jury to decide if a white police officer who killed a black teenager should be charged.

A Taliban suicide bomber hits a UK embassy car in the Afghan capital Kabul killing five Afghans and wounding many others, including embassy staff.

Two Indian teenagers found hanged in May took their own lives, federal investigators say, contradicting reports they were gang-raped and murdered.

Spanish leader Mariano Rajoy tells MPs that most politicians are not corrupt, a day after his health minister stepped down over a kick-back scandal.

Mexico's president announces plans for a massive overhaul of police, in the wake of the disappearance of 43 students in September.