Rebels accuse South Sudan's government of resuming attacks after President Salva Kiir fails to sign a peace deal aimed at ending the civil war.

The US Food and Drug Administration approves a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed "Female Viagra".

The man who looked after the Roman ruins in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra is reported to have been killed by Islamic State (IS) militants.

The Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, hit by a deadly bomb blast on Monday, reopens to the public, as authorities hunt a suspect caught on CCTV.

A court in Russia sentences Estonian security official Eston Kohver to 15 years in prison for spying in a case that sparked a diplomatic row.

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's refusal to sign a deal to end an 18-month civil war was "mind-boggling", the chief mediator says.

South Africa's justice ministry suspends the release of athlete Oscar Pistorius from prison on Friday - after serving 10 months of his five-year sentence.

There is an outbreak of typhoid in the besieged Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in the south of the Syrian capital Damascus, the UN warns.