An eight-year-old boy dies after a grenade was thrown into a flat in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, police say.

Russia will not compete at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping.

Former French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy confirms that he will seek to run again in next year's presidential election. What obstacles does he face?

South Africa's governing ANC party loses control of the country's largest city and economic centre, Johannesburg.

Turkey bombards so-called Islamic State (IS) targets in northern Syria ahead of a ground offensive it is backing against the group.

A British man has reportedly admitted he had a violent confrontation with a police officer on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

Oxfam is to accuse UK ministers of "denial and disarray" over their agreement to sell arms to Saudi Arabia for potential use in Yemen's civil war.

Russia will discover on Tuesday whether it will be allowed to compete at next month's Paralympic Games in Rio.