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Christians and Muslims to mourn murdered French priest
Father Jacques Hamel had his throat slit on the altar by IS-inspired attackers
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Afghan Taliban reach out to China for joint 'anti-invaders stance'
Qari Hamza, spokesman for 'Fidaye Mahaz' group, says Taliban leaders visited China from July 18 to July 22
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Accused gunman charged in fatal San Diego police shooting
The accused gunman, Jesse Michael Gomez, was charged with murder and attempted murder
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UN Human Rights Commission slams Australia youth prison abuse
The inquiry was launched after ABC aired a video showing prison guards abusing teenage inmates
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Afghan cleric arrested for marrying six-year-old girl
Mohammad Karim, said to be aged around 60, was held in central Ghor province
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Pakistani man charged with 'criminal conspiracy with terrorists' in Paris attacks
Usman is thought to be a bomb maker for Pakistani extremist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba
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France church attackers 'smiled' and spoke of Quran
The men stormed the 17th-century stone church during mass in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
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New cyber attack hits Democrats, Clinton camp reports intrusion
Clinton's campaign has blamed Russia for hacking the emails, which were made public by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks
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Small Olympic Village fire forces Australia evacuation
No one was hurt and there was no serious damage
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Police capture 14 of Europe's most wanted
The leads provided via the online platform played a direct role in locating the fugitives
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Austria hands over Pakistani, Algerian 'accomplices' of Paris attackers to France
Suspects are accused of collaborating with the militants who carried out deadly Paris attacks back in November 2015
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Monsoon deluge in Indian cities causes traffic chaos, sewage swirls
About 50,000 people have been evacuated as storms damaged crops and caused more than 3,000 houses to collapse
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Turkey's Erdogan dismisses Western criticism of post-coup crackdown
Says countries that should be praising Turkey for putting down the putsch were instead standing 'by the plotters'
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Don't play Pokemon on railway tracks, says Bulgaria
Pokemon themselves are in no danger because they don't actually exist
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Pictures of the day: July 29, 2016
We look at 13 pictures of events from around the world
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Norway considers giving mountain to Finland as 100th birthday present
Norwegian government considers shifting border to gift its Nordic neighbour a peak that would become its highest point
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Muslims on US watch list should be electronically tagged: former NYC mayor
Electronic tags have been considered in various countries as a way to monitor potential terrorism suspects
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In pictures: China's Torch Festival
We look at some of the most spectacular scenes captured at the Torch Testival in China
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Turkish military promotes 99 colonels in shake-up, top brass little changed
President Tayyip Erdogan leaves armed forces chief Hulusi Akar, the army, navy and air force commanders in their posts
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Amazon’s Bezos overtakes Buffett as third richest person: Forbes
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates remains world's richest person with Spain's Amancio Ortega at second spot
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Erdogan wants army under president's control after coup: Turkish official
Erdogan's comments come after a five-hour meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council, chaired by PM Binali...
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Mystery of missing Jai, India's most beloved tiger
The seven-year-old, 250-kilogram big cat was last seen at Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary on April 18
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Church attacker threatened France in new video
The attack is the third in two weeks in France and Germany in which militants have pledged allegiance to IS
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US comic book starring transgender superhero to hit shelves
Jenkins has written for the comic titles Spider-Man, Wolverine and Inhumans, published by comic-book powerhouse Marvel
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French PM 'open' to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques
Valls and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve have come under fire for security failings to prevent terror attacks
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Two children abused in Australian prison being counter-sued by state
Two of the six children teargassed by police are being counter-sued for damaging the prison in an escape attempt
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Australia's Muslim migrants on edge, race relations falter with rise of the right
Pauline Hanson's One Nation has exploited fear of attacks by saying Muslim immigration must be stopped
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Indian 'orphans' face abuse, neglect in Tamil Nadu care homes, activists say
Human rights groups say abuse is rife across the 1,500 government and state institutions in the state
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Transgender identity is not mental disorder: study
The results will be presented at the 11th revision in 2018 of the WHO's International Classification of Diseases
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Melania Trump's website deleted after degree questions
Those who try to access www.melaniatrump.com are now automatically diverted to her husband's company website
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US military confirms 14 new civilian deaths in Iraq, Syria
Critics of the US-led air strikes accuse the coalition of underestimating the number of resulting civilian deaths
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Corsican MPs urge France to shut radical mosques
The resolution was adopted with a landslide, with MPs from the nationalist, left and right parties voting for
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Libya forces 'retake' Benghazi district from militants
Benghazi, 1,000 kilometres east of Tripoli, for two years has been the scene of clashes between militants
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Al Qaeda and Syria branch split up
The split between the two had been prompted by the US-Russia agreement to coordinate efforts
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'You have sacrificed nothing and no one': Father of Pakistani-American war hero to Trump
Humayun, was a captain in the US Army who died when a vehicle packed with explosives approached his compound
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WWF calls for crack down on 'tiger farms'
A hastily-organised blanket closure of all tiger farms would however be disastrous for the animals
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Nusra Front renames itself Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
US and Russia can no longer use the pretext of its affiliation with al Qaeda to attack Syrians, says group leader
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Pope Francis falls down during Poland visit, remains unharmed
Incident occurred at the historic Jasna Gora monastery in the town of Czestochowa, southern Poland
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Iranian men are wearing hijabs in solidarity with their wives
Activist Masih Alinejad urged Iranian men to upload their pictures using the hashtag #meninhijab
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Indian home minister to visit Islamabad as tensions flare
Rajnath Singh will attend a meeting of home ministers from countries belonging to SAARC in Islamabad
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Nepal, India floods leave more than 90 dead
The country has been worst hit, with homes and bridges destroyed after days of torrential monsoon rains
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Turkey foreign minister says sees positive change in US on extraditing cleric
Turkey says Fethullah Gulen used his network of followers in military to attempt to overthrow govt on July 15-16
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Belgian scientists turn urine into drinkable water
'We call it from sewer to brewer'
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Boeing's iconic 747 era could come to an end
Production rate on 747 has gradually dropped to 1 a month in July 2016, signalling bad news for jet's future plan
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Indian state to hunt for 'life-saving Sanjeevani Booti' mythical plant
Uttarakhand will spend $37 million of state money hunting the herb, which is mentioned in Hindu text Ramayana
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Indian couple hacked to death over 22-cent debt
Police say Dalit couple bought goods from a shop last week with promise to repay 60-year-old owner within few days
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VIDEO: This fearless Indian man catches King Cobra like a boss
Vava Suresh is the 'Snake Man of Kerala'
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Merkel 'firmly' rejects reversing refugee policy after attacks
"I am still convinced today that 'we can do it' -- it is our historic duty in times of globalisation," she said
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This ‘All-in-One’ app lets you use Messenger, WhatsApp and Skype simultaneously
No need to go back and forth between apps to stay connected with everyone
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Pictures of the day: July 28, 2016
We look at 13 pictures of events around the world