An Australian "wellness" blogger who built a successful business on claims she survived terminal cancer admits she lied about having the disease.

A judge approves a plan worth $1bn (£664.6m) to compensate former American football players with head injuries.

The US accuses Russia of deploying more air defence systems in eastern Ukraine in breach of February's ceasefire agreement.

An experimental drug has cured monkeys infected with the strain of the Ebola virus present in West Africa, US-based scientists say.

The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupts for the first time in more than four decades, sending a plume of smoke and ash several kilometres high.

EU leaders are to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of migrants risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.

A massive clean-up begins in NSW after violent storms left four people dead and tens of thousands without power in the Australian state.

Pope Francis will travel to Cuba in September ahead of his visit to the United States, the Vatican announces.