A female Iranian activist who held a protest banner during a volleyball match at the Rio Olympics is asked to take it down by security and leave.

Gold medal-winning swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others were robbed in Rio on Saturday night, the US Olympic Committee confirms.

A French court in Nice has upheld the ban on burkinis imposed by the mayor of Cannes but lawyers will appeal against the decision.

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro makes a rare public appearance at an event to mark his 90th birthday.

Michael Phelps bows out of the Olympics with a 23rd career gold, as Great Britain secure silver in the men's 4x100m medley relay.

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson wins the women's 100m at the Rio Olympics as compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce takes bronze.

One of Asia's biggest pop groups, the Japanese boy band SMAP, is to break up after a 25-year career.

Violence has broken out on the streets of the US city of Milwaukee, after a man, 23, was shot dead in a police chase on Saturday.