Sydney remembers the victims of the Lindt cafe siege, with the funeral of manager Tori Johnson and a memorial service for barrister Katrina Dawson.

North Korea suffers severe internet outages, days after the US accuses the country of being behind a massive attack on Sony Pictures.

The fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in Milwaukee is to be reviewed after a prosecutor decides not to press charges.

A record 17,500 people turn out for the latest "anti-Islamisation" rally in the German city of Dresden, according to police estimates.

Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok is sentenced to five years in jail and fined $64,440 (£41,327) for corruption.

Syria has authorised the delivery of medicine to opposition-held districts of Aleppo and two other areas, the World Health Organization says.

Nicaragua launches the construction of a canal that aims to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and to rival Panama's waterway.

An Australian court gives final approval for a record payout of almost A$500m (£260m; $406m) to those affected by one of the country's deadliest bushfires.