Baghdad car bombs kills at least 17
Two car bombs exploded in Shiite-majority areas of the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 17 people.
Russian photojournalist missing in Ukraine is dead: agency
Russian photographer Andrei Stenin, missing since early August, has been found dead in Ukraine, the RIA-Novosti press agency he worked for announced.
Islamic State beheads second US reporter
The so-called "Islamic State" released a video showing a masked militant with a London accent apparently beheading an American journalist.
Mexico investigates huge fish kill in lagoon
Fishermen used shovels, wheel-carts and trucks in western Mexico to pull tons of dead fish out of a lagoon.
China announces national 'Martyrs' Day': report
Chinese lawmakers have approved a national day to commemorate people who died in wars resisting foreign invaders.
Besieged UN peacekeepers in Syria ready to use 'deadly force'
Filipino members of a UN peacekeeping force besieged by Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights are ready to use "deadly force" to defend themselves.
Gunmen kill six worshippers at Pakistan shrine
Gunman opened fire on worshippers at a shrine in Pakistan, killing at least six members of a minority Islamic sect and wounding seven others.
Pollution, smoking, roads, obesity kill 4.7m Chinese a year
Air pollution, smoking, obesity and accidents, kill at least 4.7 million Chinese a year and cost the country tens of billions of dollars.
Five dead, five missing after heavy rain hits S. Korea
Five people have been killed and five others are missing after heavy rains pummelled the southern part of South Korea.
Man drowns while rescuing his drowning daughter in western Kazakhstan
A man has drowned while rescuing his drowning daughter in the Ural River, Atyrau Oblast, western Kazakhstan on August 20.
Director and actor Richard Attenborough dies aged 90: BBC
British director and actor Richard Attenborough has died aged 90 after a long illness.
Hamas executes 'collaborators', Israeli boy killed
Hamas executed 18 alleged collaborators in Gaza City as Israeli Prime Minister vowed harsh retribution for the killing of a four-year-old boy.
Famed Galapagos tortoise 'Pepe the Missionary' dies
"Pepe the Missionary," a giant tortoise who rose to fame as one of the most photographed animals on Galapagos Islands, has died at age 60.
Robin Williams's ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay - reports
The cremated remains of Hollywood actor Robin Williams, found dead on August 1 after an apparent suicide, were spread in San Francisco Bay.
Japan death toll feared to double as landslide fears halt rescue
The death toll from landslides in western Japan could more than double, as fears of a fresh collapse halted the search for 51 people still missing.
British human rights campaigner Bamber dies
British human rights campaigner Helen Bamber, an early member of Amnesty International, died at the age of 89 on Thursday.
Former Ireland prime minister Reynolds dies aged 81: report
Former Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds has died aged 81.
Parents of US journalist Foley praise their 'fearless' son
Friends, relatives and colleagues have paid tribute to American journalist James Foley, executed by Islamic State jihadists.
'Suicide tourism' to Switzerland doubled: study
A total of 172 "suicide tourists" travelled to Switzerland in 2012, to die with medical assistance -- a practice prohibited in many countries.
Guatemala army chief of staff dies in helicopter crash: govt
Guatemalan army chief of staff Rudy Ortiz and four other military officers died when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous region.