North Korea is not planning any missile or nuclear tests, the country's envoy to the UN in Geneva, So Se Pyong, is quoted as saying.

Desperate relatives join soldiers in the search for 44 students who disappeared during protests in the Mexican town of Iguala in Guerrero state.

JP Morgan says it suffered a massive cyber attack affecting 76 million private and seven million business customers in the US.

Thai Police say two Burmese men have apparently confessed to killing British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao island.

A freelancer working for NBC News in Liberia is to be flown home to the US after contracting the virus, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives.

Protesters blockading key parts of Hong Kong agree to talks with the government, hours after Chief Executive CY Leung rejected calls to step down.

A US appeals court rules Texas can enforce restrictions on abortion clinics under a contested state law, which may force many such facilities to close.

The Australian cabinet gives its approval for fighter jets to join US-led air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq.