Voting starts in the first major elections in Hong Kong since pro-democracy protests in 2014.

Voters in north-east Germany are due to go to the polls in a vote seen as a test of Chancellor Angela Merkel's policies towards migrants and refugees.

Mother Teresa, the nun who worked with the poor in the Indian city of Kolkata, will be declared a saint on 4 September, Pope Francis announces.

A Greek photographer wins the Visa d'Or news photography prize for his coverage of the mass arrival of migrants on the island of Lesbos last year.

An inferno sparked by the collision of a passenger bus and fuel tanker in southern Afghanistan kills at least 36 people.

China's President Xi Jinping urges leaders of the world's 20 largest economies to avoid "empty talk" as they look to quicken economic growth.

President Barack Obama calls on reporters "not to over-crank the significance" of tensions surrounding his arrival in China for a summit.

Storm Hermine regains strength as it moves up the US eastern seaboard, threatening the north-east with dangerous coastal surges.