Georgia votes in general elections, with the main battle expected between the ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition United National Movement.

Two suicide bombers blow themselves up near Turkey's capital, Ankara, after they were approached by police and told to surrender weapons.

Russia deploys nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad region, bordering Poland and Lithuania.

Eleven suspected militants are killed in a series of gun battles with Bangladeshi security forces, officials say.

At least 82 people are killed and more than 500 injured in a strike on a funeral gathering in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.

Donald Trump apologises for obscene comments about women made in a 2005 video, saying "these words don't reflect who I am".

Transcripts of private speeches by US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks.

German police in the eastern city of Chemnitz detain three people as they continue searching for a man allegedly planning a bomb attack.