New figures from Brazil's Health Ministry show a further rise in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads to mothers infected with Zika.

Vigils are held in Peshawar and elsewhere in Pakistan after at least 21 people were killed in an assault on the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda.

The long-awaited findings of a public inquiry into the killing in London of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko are due to be released by a judge.

A tiger at an Australian zoo founded by the late conservationist Steve Irwin has attacked one of its keepers.

American football team the Buffalo Bills become the first in the NFL to appoint a full-time female coach, promoting Kathryn Smith to the role.

Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldivian opposition leader and former president, is due to arrive in the UK for surgery after a stopover in Sri Lanka.

Legendary classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai dies at the age of 97 in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

Sweden is considering whether to re-submit a request to question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy in London over sexual assault allegations.