People in Hong Kong are voting on the last day of an unofficial poll on universal suffrage - a move criticised by the local and China's governments.

Two buildings collapse in different parts of India, killing a total of at least 11 people and leaving dozens trapped.

The Iraqi government says it has received the first batch of fighter jets it ordered from Russia to help counter an offensive by Sunni rebels.

Iraqi government forces trying to retake the city of Tikrit from Sunni insurgents have pulled back to a nearby town amid fierce resistance, reports say.

The boss of BNP Paribas writes to staff warning that the French banking giant will be fined heavily by US authorities.

A man has set himself on fire in central Tokyo in protest at a proposed law which could allow Japan to deploy its military overseas.

A number of villages are attacked by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, reports say.

EU leaders join a call between President Poroshenko and President Putin as a truce between government forces and separatists nears its end.