At least 11 Afghan civilians are killed and 16 injured in a Nato airstrike in the eastern province of Kunar, local security officials tell the BBC.

Liberia is facing a "serious threat" to its national existence as the deadly Ebola virus "spreads like wildfire", its defence minister says.

A former US nurse who admitted to going online to encourage people to commit suicide has been convicted again following a four-year legal battle.

Pressure mounts on US retail giant Home Depot after a massive data breach, as US states launch a probe and senators call for action.

The former head of the Honduran social security programme, Mario Zelaya, is arrested, accused of fraud, bribery, abuse of public funds and money laundering.

Fiji's military says 45 UN peacekeepers taken captive in Syria will be released this week, but a Fijian government official denies the reports.

A US father is suspected of killing his five children and dumping their bodies in another state, police say.

One man suffers severe burns and others are injured in a large explosion at a chemical waste facility near Bremen in northwestern Germany.