A father-of-two dies in hospital in New South Wales after being tackled during an amateur rugby league game and collapsing unconscious.

The French prime minister says the country's security services are foiling terror plots "every day" as a teenage boy is arrested in Paris.

Supporters of gay and lesbian rights march to Mexico City's Metropolitan Cathedral in response to protests on Saturday opposing same-sex marriage.

South Korean officials warn the North could conduct another underground nuclear test at any time, after its fifth and largest test on Friday.

A cessation of hostilities is due to start in Syria at sunset on Monday, after a weekend of air strikes which brought dozens of casualties.

Samsung shares fall sharply and hit a two-month low after the firm had to urge users not to use its new flagship Note 7 smartphone and exchange all models due to fears it might catch fire.

Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort, who suffers from an incurable degenerative muscle disease, says she will choose euthanasia, but not yet.

At least one opposition candidate has won a seat in parliamentary elections in Belarus, their first representation in the chamber for 20 years.