Aid worker Taban Sami Shoresh describes the ''heart-breaking'' sight of people scrambling for survival during a delivery of aid to people fleeing Islamist militants in Iraq.

Russian lorries taking aid to conflict-hit east Ukraine are heading towards the border, as Daniel Sandford reports.

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres says he seeks peace over the Gaza conflict, as talks continue on a third day of a fresh ceasefire.

The BBC's Alan Kasujja has been to meet a refugee family originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo as they prepare to leave Rwanda for America.

Why Asia's technology giant Tencent is delighting investors with a striking increase in first half profits.

Indian school students have had Sanskrit classes introduced to their curriculum in an attempt by the new government of Narendra Modi to boost interest in the ancient language.

Amadou Fatoumata Ba is an unconventional Senegalese artist who uses old tyres as raw material for his sculptures.

The UN Human Rights Council has appointed an independent commission to investigate allegations of war crimes by both sides in the Israel Gaza conflict. Orla Guerin reports.

A designer and cartoonist in Pakistan has created a female superhero who fights terrorists, traffickers and gangsters in Karachi.

There has been a second night of unrest in St Louis, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer.

Stargazers have been taking images of the spectacular ''supermoon'' overnight, where the moon appears bigger and brighter than usual because of its proximity to the earth.

A rare look inside the Maya Devi temple in Lumbini, birthplace of Buddha.

Hundreds of people gathered in one of Moscow's stores to buy T-shirts with Vladimir Putin's image on them.

A young Afghan couple - who faced prejudice, threats and even jail after falling in love - are now finally married and living together.

The United States has offered billions to contribute to Africa's economic development, but many who left the continent to build a new life in America may be missing out.

Uganda is lending its expertise in dealing with Ebola as a number of West African countries struggle to cope with the worst ever outbreak of the virus.

Some of the smartest - and potentially most dangerous - minds in the hacking community gather in Las Vegas for their annual meeting, Def Con.

Outgoing PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed his victory in Turkey's first direct presidential election as a new era for the country.

A panel of medical ethics experts from the World Health Organisation is meeting in Geneva to discuss the possible use of experimental drugs to treat the Ebola virus.

Yogita Limaye finds out why the lack of toilets in India is a critical problem and one that is hard to solve.