At least 28 people have been killed in a spate of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say.

Japanese video game maker Nintendo says its chief executive Satoru Iwata has died of cancer at the age of 55.

A cold front will bring severe weather to much of south-east Australia this week after a weekend of heavy snow falls.

A suicide car bomb kills at least 17 people, mostly women and children, near a military base once used by the CIA in eastern Afghanistan.

Eurozone leaders reach a "unanimous" agreement over a third Greek bailout after talks that continued through the night.

Eighteen people are evacuated from a shopping centre north of Paris, after up to three armed men entered the building early on Monday.

Engineers say the New Horizons spacecraft is in great shape for its historic flyby of Pluto on Tuesday.

Dozens of Chinese lawyers have been detained over recent days in what seems to be a co-ordinated roundup.