Two judges are asked to leave a Swedish panel that picks the Nobel prize for medicine in a scandal over a disgraced Italian transplant surgeon.

Gabonese Justice Minister Seraphim Moundounga becomes the first senior minister to resign in protest over the disputed presidential election.

US President Barack Obama calls off a meeting in Laos with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who earlier called him a "son of a whore".

A huge storm bearing down on Mexico's Pacific coast strengthens to a hurricane just hours before it is due to make landfall.

The UN's human rights chief launches a scathing attack on Western populist politicians including Geert Wilders and Donald Trump, branding them "fantasists".

Fans line the streets of Mexico City to pay their last respects to singer Juan Gabriel who died last week aged 66.

Germany's Bayer raises its offer for Monsanto to $65bn (£49bn), or $127.50 a share, in a bid to create a global seeds and pesticides giant.

The South Korean government says it will provide Hanjin with funding to keep the bankrupt shipping giant afloat.