A human rights group says Islamic State militants in Syria have abducted 400 civilians during a bloody assault on the eastern city of Deir al-Zour.

People in Burkina Faso campaign for the release of an Australian doctor and his wife, kidnapped the same day as the attack on the capital.

A suicide bomber kills at least 13 people at the Jalalabad home of a prominent politician who backs President Ashraf Ghani's peace talks with the Taliban.

Lord Coe says public trust in athletics may not return until "way beyond" his four-year term as IAAF president.

A man left brain-dead after an experimental drug trial in France has died, French media report.

US sanctions are imposed on Iranian firms and individuals over a ballistic missile programme, hours after international nuclear sanctions are lifted.

Jason-3, a US-European satellite that is fundamental to our understanding of the oceans, is launched from California.

An Israeli woman is stabbed to death in her home in a Jewish settlement near Hebron and a Palestinian man is killed after trying to attack Israeli soldiers, Israel's army says.