Haiti's former ruler Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has died of a heart attack in the capital Port-au-Prince, reports quoting official sources say.

Quentin Sommerville follows Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq to see the tactics Islamic State militants are using to slow the war against them.

The parents of US hostage Peter Kassig have appealed to Islamic State militants to "show mercy" and release him.

A woman in Sweden has become the first in the world to have a baby after having a womb transplant.

Clashes break out on the tense border between Turkey and Syria, where tens of thousands of Syrians have fled to escape Islamic State (IS) militants.

A suspected bank robber is caught after leading police on a four-road car chase in southern California.

The flat in Texas where a man lay sick for days with Ebola is sealed up by a Hazmat team.

British artist Alex Chinneck has created a 'floating facade' at the Covent Garden market place. The work is called 'Take my lightning, but don't steal my thunder' and took several weeks to make.

Turkey has not honoured its vow to protect Kobane from Islamic State occupation. The BBC's Paul Adams reports the city is still under attack while Turkish tanks sit idle metres away.

On Sunday Brazilians will elect a new president with the incumbent President Dilma Rousseff still the favourite but opponent Marina Silva has staunch support spanning society.

A video purporting to show the beheading of British hostage Alan Henning has been released by Islamic State militants.

Marriage, divorce and contraception will top the agenda as Catholic clergy gather for an extraordinary synod in Rome which is seen as a litmus test for Pope Francis' papacy.

Occupy Central leader Benny Tai says pro-democracy protesters will boycott talks if violence against student protesters is not stopped.

At the Paris Motor Show, Theo Leggett looks at the Peugeot 208 hybrid air - a concept car that brings a new meaning to the term "gas guzzler".

A British national, Samiun Rahman, arrested in Bangladesh on charges of recruiting people for Islamic state and other jihadist groups has made a second court appearance.

Growing anti-Vietnamese sentiment is behind a five day protest that is due to start in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, this weekend.

Public health officials in Texas are tracking 100 people who are believed to have had contact with the first man to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US.

A pavilion made largely of biscuits has featured at the Durga Puja festival in northern Calcutta.

Heavy fighting continues to go on for control of the airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.

Ebola is spreading fast, the charity Save the Children has warned. It says five people are being infected every hour with the virus in Sierra Leone.