US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that America will provide another $500m (£307m) in aid to victims of the war in Syria.

Formula E is backed by some of the biggest names in the industry and on Saturday Beijing will hold the inaugural race of the season.

Turkey insists its 900km-long (560 mile) border with Syria is a bulwark against Islamic State and other jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.

New EU sanctions against Russia are to take effect on Friday, blocking loans for five state banks and curbing business with oil and defence firms.

US Secretary of State John Kerry tells the BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher that his country and its Mid-East allies are ready to counter the threat of Islamic State.

The judge in the trial of Oscar Pistorius has ruled out murder charges but has postponed a possible verdict of culpable homicide until Friday.

There is mounting anger in Indian-administered Kashmir amid accusations that the government has acted too slowly in the flood crisis.

Mobile phone footage has captured the moment a minivan carrying a couple was swept off Interstate 15 in Moapa, Nevada.

Kurds are regaining parts of northern Iraq seized by Islamic State militants last month and say they are ready to take part in a broader action.

The president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has ordered election banners with the slogan "Bring Back Jonathan 2015" to be taken down.

The video games studio behind Minecraft is in talks to be taken over by Microsoft, according to reports.

Presenters at a US TV station had a shock on Wednesday morning when a bat started flying around their studio.

The crew members in Russia's Soyuz space capsule have successfully landed in Kazakhstan.

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans are expected to create a giant 'V' on the streets of Barcelona on Thursday.

The actor Richard Kiel, famous for playing Jaws in two James Bond films, has died at the age of 74.

The BBC speaks to Irish artist Marcus Robinson about his documentary Rebuilding the World Trade Center.

With water shortages a part of daily life, campaigners in Lebanon have started an alternative to the ice bucket challenge.

The Earth's protective ozone layer is starting to repair itself, according to a panel of United Nations scientists.

Scientists have discovered a hidden complex of archaeological monuments at Stonehenge, challenging the modern impression that it stood in isolation.

Pakistani authorities face growing anger over their response to the country's worst flooding since 2010.