The family of the black teenager shot by police on Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri, appeals for calm after police reveal he was a suspect in a robbery.

Islamic State militants in northern Iraq massacre at least 80 men from the Yazidi faith in a village and abduct women and children, reports say.

Russia's defence secretary gives a guarantee to his US counterpart there are no military personnel in its aid convoy for Ukraine, the US says.

Pope Francis holds an open-air mass to beatify 124 of South Korea's first Catholics, seen as the centrepiece of his trip to the country.

Engineers create the world's largest robot swarm, with over 1,000 tiny robots that act independently but work together to build two-dimensional shapes.

The Jewish Chronicle apologises to readers who complained after the paper ran an advert for the Disasters Emergency Committee's Gaza crisis appeal.

Texas Governor Rick Perry is indicted on charges of abuse of power by a grand jury after months of investigation into his use of a funding veto.

A big anti-government protest march led by prominent politician Imran Khan arrives in Islamabad, having travelled hundreds of miles from Lahore.