The death toll from Sunday's bombing in the Iraqi capital Baghdad rises to 250, making it the deadliest since the US-led invasion in 2003.

A New Zealand couple find a bundle containing a human head on a beach in Fiji, the latest discovery in what police believe are the murders of two Russians.

Mumford and Sons say they will boycott a Swedish music festival after reports emerge that 17 women were sexually assaulted at the event.

The former head of Sierra Leone's army, Maj Gen Nelson Williams, who was kidnapped in Nigeria last week has been freed, officials say.

Around the world, Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, but violence marred the build-up.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he has sold the soccer club AC Milan to a Chinese consortium.

The US says Israeli plans to build hundreds of new homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are part of a "systematic process of land seizures".

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is set to hear his sentence after being convicted on appeal of the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.