Louis Cole, aka Fun with Louis, went on a trip to North Korea but says the government did not pay for him to film propaganda.

Almost 7,000 "Islamophobic" tweets were sent, in English, every day in July worldwide, data suggests, a steep increase on previous weeks.

Firefighters are continuing to tackle a huge blaze in southern California, with several of them describing it as the most ferocious they have ever seen.

Bolivian President Evo Morales opens a new military defence academy, which he says will offer courses to counter the influence of the US in the developing world.

The Brazilian authorities stop US swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from boarding a flight from Rio, as police query evidence about a robbery.

Almost 18,000 people died in government custody in Syria in 2011-15, an Amnesty International report says, alleging beatings and rape in prisons.

Chinese authorities will limit operations of North Korean carrier Air Koryo after a Beijing-bound flight made an emergency landing last month.

Guatemalan officials confirm the country's first case of a baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly.