South African Paralympic shot-putter Tyrone Pillay says South African Airways refused to allow his prosthetic leg on board as he returned from Brazil.

Police in Tulsa in the US state of Oklahoma are investigating the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher by officers after vehicle breakdown.

North Korea carries out a "successful" ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, state media says, the latest in a series of missile-related tests.

Hollywood actor Jim Carrey is sued for allegedly obtaining drugs under a false name for his ex-girlfriend, who died of an overdose last year.

In a meeting with China's Premier Li Keqiang, US President Barack Obama urges the nation to speed up efforts to tackle excess capacity.

UK activist Andy Hall is given a three-year suspended sentence in Thailand for defamation, over a report alleging abuses in the fruit industry.

The daughter of a late British baron, Maria Aurora Moynihan, is shot dead in Manila, where authorities are fighting a deadly war on drugs.

The US government has expressed "outrage" over an attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo which, according to activists, killed 12 people.