Sinai Province, a group affiliated with Islamic State, says it fired three rockets into Israel from Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

Tens of thousands of people attend rival rallies in Greece ahead of Sunday's crucial referendum on an international financial bailout.

At least 10 members of Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Nusra Front, die in a blast at a mosque in Idlib province, activists say.

Oil and gas giant Shell is expected to begin drilling for oil in the Arctic within the next two weeks.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff unveils the torch to be used at the 2016 Olympics and says the Rio Games will bring "honour and pride".

Iran's foreign minister uses a YouTube posting to say a comprehensive agreement over its nuclear programme has never been closer.

A 1,000-strong rally called by Ukraine's ultra-nationalists is held in the capital, Kiev, demanding a formal declaration of war on rebels in the east.

The king of the Pacific island nation of Tonga, Tupou VI, is formally crowned, more than three years after ascending to the throne.