The European Space Agency releases time-lapse footage of the Aurora Australis, or southern lights, filmed from the International Space Station.

It was a good night for Sherlock at the Emmys, in Los Angeles, where Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman won best actor and best supporting actor in a miniseries.

Ukrainian and Russian leaders are set to meet in Minsk on Tuesday, sparking hopes that an agreement can be reached to ease tensions in the region.

Actor Billy Crystal has paid tribute to his friend and co-star Robin Williams at the 66th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

A Liberian doctor has died despite taking an experimental anti-Ebola drug, Liberia's information minister says.

Malaysian teenagers are being encouraged to attend sex education classes in a bid to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in the country.

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral for the black teenager killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri.

Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq say they are regaining ground against the forces of Islamic State in the area.

Syria's foreign minister offers to help the US fight the Islamic State militant group, which has seized swathes of land in Iraq and Syria.

French PM Manuel Valls presents the resignation of his government amid a cabinet row over economic policies, and is asked to form a new administration.

Hundreds of people attend the funeral of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, many of whom did not know him personally.

An alliance of militias takes control of Tripoli's main airport, after weeks of battles between rival groups in the Libyan capital.

As Ukraine celebrated Independence day over the weekend, Sergiy Burnus from 'Euromaidan in London' explained how they were helping the Ukrainian Army fight the Pro-Russian separatists.

Afghanistan's finance minister says the country's political crisis is having a serious impact on an already fragile economy.

The father of an unarmed black teenager shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri calls for peace ahead of his son's funeral.

Traditional views of South Korean women are challenged by a growing trend for bodybuilding.

Memorial services are held for the kidnapped American journalist killed by Islamic State militants last week.

Pro-Russian separatists have paraded captured Ukrainian soldiers in Donetsk, while the government marked Independence Day in Kiev.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 shakes northern California, causing injuries and damage to buildings.

Following last week's devastating floods, Surendra Phuyal reports from Bardia - one of Nepal's worst-affected districts.