The US imposes sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the first time, accusing him of inflicting "intolerable cruelty" on his citizens.

German MPs are to vote on changing the legal definition of rape, to make clear that victims who say no are protected in law.

A judge in Buenos Aires freezes the assets of former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, accused of illegal US dollar transactions.

The character who will replace Tony Stark as Iron Man in a new episode of the comic has been revealed - and it is a 15-year-old black teenager.

Hundreds gather for a second night of protests at the spot where a black man was shot dead by police in the US city of Baton Rouge.

As Taiwan braces itself for the arrival of Typhoon Nepartak, thousands of tourists have been evacuated and soldiers put on standby.

A French court sentences two former Rwandan mayors to life in prison for their role in the mass killings of ethnic Tutsis during the 1994 genocide.

Flood relief and rescue efforts have been stepped up in the Chinese city of Wuhan, hit by severe flooding, as the Chinese premier warns of further downpours.