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Troops from a multi-national force, partly funded by the United Nations, have raped women and traded food aid for sex in Somalia, Human Rights Watch says. ...

China's media regulator is set to crack down on the streaming of international television shows, hoping to boost the popularity of domestic productions. ...

Israel is refusing to recognise New Zealand's ambassador because he is also Wellington's representative to the Palestinian Authority. ...

More than 205 people have died in Pakistan as the region experiences its worst flooding in half a century. ...

Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has arrived in the beleaguered port city of Mariupol, vowing not to concede land to anyone. "This is our Ukrainian land and we will not give it up to anybody," he wrote on his Twitter account. "They thought they would frighten me. But no-one is afraid of them!" Mr Poroshenko has also ordered the reinforced defence of Mariupol with tanks, rocket launchers and aerial...

Canadian prosecutors have dropped charges against pop star Justin Bieber over the alleged assault of a limousine driver last year. ...

Volunteers in Sierra Leone are to visit every home in the country of 6 million to track down people with Ebola and remove dead bodies. ...

Iraqi MPs have approved Haidar al-Abadi's proposed cabinet, making him the new premier, but key security posts remain unfilled. ...

Look back on Marin Cilic's straight-sets victory over Kei Nishikori in the men's final at the US Open. ...

There are fears a rough road piercing the remote Himalayas could threaten the culture of an isolated part of Nepal. ...

FIFA has again raised the possibility of moving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to January to avoid the heat. ...

Syrian regime forces have launched an offensive to retake a strategic rebel-held area near Damascus and also pressed a campaign against jihadists elsewhere in the country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. ...

Two cyclists have been disqualified from the Tour of Spain after trading blows during the race's 16th stage. ...

Clusters of severe respiratory illness across a dozen US states have raised concern about the spread of an unusual virus that is striking children but not adults. ...

Croatian Marin Cilic has won his first grand slam title, beating Japan's Kei Nishikori to win the US Open. ...

A set of homoerotic Finnish stamps featuring images by gay icon and artist Tom of Finland have become a worldwide success, Finland's postal service company said. ...

Any Russian ban on flights from the West in response to EU sanctions will be counterproductive, analysts warn. ...

A British author claims to have new evidence on the identity of Jack the Ripper - but his suspect is only one of a slew of names linked to the grisly killings which terrorised late 19th century London. ...

On September 18, 2014, Scotland nears a landmark referendum on whether to secede from the United Kingdom (UK). The vote on independence, which requires a majority to pass, will determine the shape of the country's political environment for years to come. The Scottish National Party (SNP) envisions an independent Scotland where a more robust social welfare system lies at the heart of its domestic political...

Decades from now, historians and others will look back at 2015 as the year humans suddenly became self-aware of their planet. I say 2015 because we are not quite there yet -- we are still pre-aware . However, next year, or very soon thereafter, the United States will finally join the rest of the world in becoming both aware and responsible for our part in adding to the world's production of greenhouse...