One of the leaders of the attempted coup in Burundi says that the plot has failed, as the president says he is back in the country

'King of the Blues' legend BB King dies in Las Vegas aged 89, his lawyer says.

More than 700 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar land in Indonesia's Aceh province, with thousands still adrift.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage challenges his critics to decide whether to remain in the party, as a bitter internal row continues.

Islamic State militants have seized control of the main government building in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, officials say.

Ex-aide to Osama Bin Laden, Khalid al-Fawwaz, is sentenced to life in US prison for 1998 US embassy bombings in east Africa that killed 224 people.

Two Libyan cadets are jailed for 12 years each for raping a man in Cambridge.

A jury has reached a sentencing decision on whether to put Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death.