Two Kenyan runners test positive for doping at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing, the IAAF announces.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he is confident of continuing support from Iran and Russia amid a fresh push to resolve the country's war.

Kosovo and Serbia reach agreements on several key areas, including rights for Serbs, after talks mediated by the European Union.

China's work safety regulator is sacked, state media say, as investigations continue into deadly explosions in the port city of Tianjin earlier this month.

A reporter and a cameraman are shot dead during a live TV interview for a local station in the US state of Virginia.

About 50 people are found dead in the hold of a boat carrying migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says.

New details have emerged about actions taken by hacked infidelity dating site Ashley Madison after users paid to delete their data.

Stocks on Wall Street trade higher, but European stock markets have lost ground, as fears persist of a China-led economic downturn.