A "global coalition of inaction" contributed to world's deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak, the medical charity MSF says a year after it was declared.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid mounting concern that Athens is running out of money.

Indian and Chinese officials hold talks in Delhi to resolve a contentious border dispute, the first such discussions since PM Narendra Modi came to power.

Singapore begins seven days of national mourning following the death of Lee Kuan Yew, founder of the modern city-state.

Australian expeditioner is evacuated from Antarctic ice station by helicopter after suddenly falling seriously ill.

Former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt is found guilty by a South African court of raping underage girls in the 1980s.

Tunisia's prime minister sacks six police chiefs following last week's attack on the Bardo Museum, which killed 23 people.

Three African leaders sign an initial deal to end a long-running dispute over the sharing of Nile waters and the building of Africa's biggest hydroelectric dam.