A mosque in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo is attacked by a Buddhist mob, sparking clashes in which at least five people have been injured.

Two militants have been killed in a suspected US drone strike in southern Yemen, officials say, the ninth since the end of July.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to undergo surgery to treat a hernia, his office announces.

A funeral service in Canada hears tributes to the two young boys killed by a python as they slept at a friend's house above a pet shop.

Greek riot police are deployed to end a riot at a migrant detention facility north of the capital, Athens, in which stones were thrown at guards.

Colombia's chief negotiator in peace talks with the main rebel group, the Farc, says negotiations have made unprecedented progress.

Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian man who climbed over the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.

Singer Eydie Gorme, who had a hit in 1963 with Blame It On The Bossa Nova, has died in Las Vegas aged 84, her publicist says.