Harold Camping, the US preacher and Christian broadcaster who predicted the end of the world three times, dies age 92.

Fighting between rival factions after a reported coup attempt in South Sudan has claimed 400-500 lives, the UN says, quoting unconfirmed reports.

A Harvard University student has been charged with making bomb threats following an alert that led to the evacuation of four campus buildings on Monday.

A gunman entered a medical centre in the US state of Nevada, killed one person and injured two before killing himself, police in Reno say.

A group of Ecuadoreans can seek enforcement of a $9.5bn (£5.8bn) judgement against petrol giant Chevron in Canada, an Ontario appeals court rules.

An alliance of parties supporting Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won parliamentary elections, the government announces.

If everyone over the age of 50 were to eat an apple a day, 8,500 deaths from heart attacks and strokes could be avoided every year in the UK, say researchers.

A Taiwanese tourist is rescued after walking off a pier in the Australian city of Melbourne while checking her Facebook page, police say.