Iran wants to work with regional powers to promote peace and security after last month's nuclear deal, Vice-President Masumeh Ebtekar tells the BBC.

Sri Lanka's ruling party claims victory in parliamentary elections, while ex-President Rajapaksa's prime ministerial ambitions appear to be thwarted.

Two American women have passed the gruelling training programme of the Army Rangers - one of US military's most elite special operations forces.

Gabon's President Ali Bongo pledges to give away his share of the inheritance due from his father to set up a youth foundation.

Islamic environmental and religious leaders have called on rich and oil producing nations to rapidly embrace renewable energy.

Russian police smashed a gang producing contraband cheese - the latest move in retaliation for Western sanctions over Crimea.

A copy of the world's biggest ever nuclear bomb - the Soviet-era "Tsar Bomba" - is to go on display in central Moscow.

Fishermen remove thousands of dead fish from the shores of Lake Cajititlan in western Mexico, as arguments rage about why the fish are dying.