An annual pumpkin festival in Keene, New Hampshire, turned violent as the event descended into a night of rioting.

A high profile campaign against corruption and bribery by the Chinese ruling Communist Party has gained huge public support.

Joko Widodo is sworn in as the new president of Indonesia, the world's third largest democracy.

UK police sergeant Paul Sherridan was in the Himalayas for Nepal's worst ever trekking disaster and helped many trekkers to safety.

Tens of thousands of fans turn out to watch competitors play each other at the League of Legends World Championship in Seoul, South Korea.

The US carries out airdrops of weapons and supplies to Kurdish fighters, despite a lack of support from Turkey.

Two mythical creatures, a giant spider and a huge dragon, have faced one another in battle at Beijing's Olympic Park.

The WHO is expected to declare Nigeria free from Ebola on Monday with no reported cases of the virus for six weeks due to a rapid and thorough response from healthcare professionals.

The stand-off between protesters and police continues in Mong Kok, Hong Kong.

Thousands of residents in the community of St George have signed a petition urging the creation of a new city separate to Baton Rouge. Are bad schools or race the motivation?

Rescue teams in Nepal say that there are now no trekkers left stranded after completing their search for survivors of a devastating Himalayan storm.

Local media say five people have died after two and a half hours of heavy rain on the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera.

A man has been rescued from a burning house in California in the US.

The BBC's Celia Hatton reports on why pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong see the Mong Kok district as key to their movement.

There were spectacular scenes in Yuctan, Mexico, this Saturday for the final event of the 2014 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.

Authorities in West Africa are struggling to deal with the Ebola outbreak which has already claimed thousands of lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

When Islamic State militants swept across northern Iraq during the summer, people from Christian communities were threatened with death if they refused to convert to Islam.

Sweden has boosted its military presence in the Stockholm Archipelago, amid rising tension between Russia and Scandinavian countries over the Ukraine crisis.

Cuba's former President Fidel Castro says his country will send almost 300 extra doctors and nurses to Africa.

Benjamin Zand is travelling across the country as part of BBC's Pop Up project. In every city he visits, he's checking in on football's fate in the states.