The United Nations' Human Rights chief has strongly condemned the UN's Security Council for what she called a failure to deal with conflicts.

Heavy rain is delaying a search for more than 50 people believed buried under a landslide on the edge of the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Gibraltar is planning to banish some of its Barbary macaque population which have become too cheeky or aggressive

Nadir Godrej, a top executive at one of India's biggest businesses, turns to poetry to describe the challenges facing India's economy.

Two American aid workers infected with Ebola in Africa has been released from hospital after treatment in the United States.

There have been fierce clashes between militia and international peacekeepers in the capital of Central African Republic.

Ebola virus survivor Dr Kent Brantly has described how he is "thrilled to be alive" after contracting the infection while working in Liberia.

Vietnam's lotus gardens are capitalising on an increasingly popular source of revenue. In midsummer when the flowers bloom, young and old flock to the gardens to have their pictures taken.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Gaza for the funerals of three senior senior Hamas military commanders who were killed in an Israeli rocket strike.

Pro-Russian rebels, who had taken control of eastern Ukraine, are under pressure as government forces fight to regain control.

Thousands of demonstrators are camping outside the Pakistani parliament, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over allegations of corruption.

Moscow correspondent Steven Rosenberg looks at the closure of a number of McDonald's restaurants in Russia.

There has been a standoff between police and protesters in Indonesia awaiting a court decision over the presidential election result.

The world's oldest man has been named as Sakuri Momoi, who is 111 years old and living in Japan.

Rajini Vaidyanathan speaks to people at a vigil in Ferguson, Missouri, for Michael Brown - the black teenager killed by police last week.

The BBC looks at what it is like to be a cyclist in Amsterdam and Delhi.

A study in Switzerland says that on average, one British person a fortnight travels to the city of Zurich for help to end their lives.

The parents of James Foley, the American journalist who was killed by Islamic State militants, have spoken to journalists about their loss.

The number of people in Japan known to have been killed in landslides, triggered by torrential rain, has risen to 39.

The BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from Los Angeles on how the police force changed after the riots there and what Missouri can learn from its experience.