The heads of the UN and international Red Cross issue a joint rebuke to world leaders, accusing them of paralysis in the face of conflict and inhumanity.

Egypt's prime minister says a technical fault probably caused a Russian airliner to crash, dismissing claims from IS that it was responsible.

Searchers say they believe they have found the wreckage of a cargo ship which went missing off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last month.

Turks go to the polls for the second time in five months, with security the key issue after weeks of clashes and bomb attacks.

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea are due to meet for the first time in three years amid territorial disputes and historical disagreements.

At least eight people are killed in a suicide attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Chinese manufacturing shrinks for a third month in a row, according to the government's latest factory survey.

Investigators widen their search for bodies and debris from the Russian airliner which crashed in Sinai, as Russia mourns the 224 people on board who died.