There has been an increased level of military activity in the area near where a controversial humanitarian aid convoy from Russia is stalled on the Russian side of the Ukrainian border.

Baby giraffes have been drawing crowds to zoos in Houston, Texas and San Diego, California.

Humanitarian aid is being distributed to hundreds of thousands of Yazidi people, fleeing Islamic militants in Northern Iraq.

Pope Francis has conducted a large open-air Mass to beatify 124 of South Korea's first Catholic martyrs at a ceremony in the capital Seoul on Saturday.

Opposition politician Imran Khan rallies supporters and demands the government's resignation after leading a march to the Pakistan capital Islamabad.

The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot dead on Saturday by a police officer in the US state of Missouri, has condemned the release of CCTV footage showing a robbery at a convenience store.

Members of Michael Brown's family have been speaking to the press.

A BBC crew has joined an RAF reconnaissance mission over Iraq to see how British Tornado aircraft are helping to plot Islamic State positions on the ground.

A giant inflatable turtle has drawn crowds of tourists in Sydney Harbour.

Michael Buchanan reports on a German scheme to let families 'adopt a grandparent'.

New York police and city officials have warned tourists that tipping is optional if they have photographs taken with one of costumed characters in Times Square.

The BBC's Yolande Knell talks to the people trying to restore basic utilities in Gaza as a new five-day ceasefire with Israel continues.

The BBC's defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt spends the day at an Iraqi hospital where the doctors have been treating Yazidi refugees.

The BBC's world affairs correspondent Paul Wood reports from Mount Sinjar in Iraq where many refugees are still located.

Teletext may have disappeared from British TV screens - but artists across Europe are keeping the format alive.

The BBC's Dennis Okari investigates reports that al-Shabab is recruiting Kenyans and training them in Somalia.

Unusual weather in the Western US has caused an apparent "swap" in weather systems between Arizona and Washington State.

Thousands of demonstrators have started marching from Lahore to the capital Islamabad, calling for the government to step down. The BBC's Shahzeb Jillani reports.

Police in the US state of Missouri have clashed with protesters for a fourth night amid growing anger at the fatal shooting of a black teenager by police.

Anti-government protesters led by Imran Khan begin marching from Lahore to Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, amid tight security.