A UN document aimed at getting member states to decriminalise drugs has been withdrawn.

Croatia opens its border with Serbia, removing one of the bottlenecks for thousands of stranded migrants trying to make their way north.

At least 40 militants with the so-called Islamic State have been killed in air strikes in Syria, a monitoring group says.

China's economy grew 6.9% in the third quarter, official figures show, the weakest growth since the global financial crisis.

The mother of champion Australian surfer Mick Fanning says a South African KFC advert which makes light of his attack by a shark is "disrespectful".

The search for a British man missing in Australia after failing to return from an evening swim has been called off, New South Wales Police say.

A group of homeless people living in an empty building owned by former Manchester United players are told they can stay for the start of winter.

Police in the Republic of Ireland begin an investigation after a man dies on a flight to Dublin from Portugal.