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Kurds request UK help for protection against Isis gas attacks

Request follows claim Isis has deployed chemical weapons to Mosul in anticipation of attack.

Dramatic photos of running battles between students and police at Wits University over tuition fees

South African police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas at rock-throwing students.

DRC urges UN to move troops loyal to South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar

Government claims presence of 750 troops in North Kivu province raises security concerns.

Photographer shows the reality of everyday life amid the carnage of Syria

Nish Nalbandian's book, A Whole World Blind, depicts fighters on the front line, as well as everyday people eking out a living amid the ruins.

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Nigeria's oil and gas reserves decline as vandalism and theft hit production

NNPC ready to co-operate with stakeholders, exploration companies to increase reserves and productivity.

Read Home Secretary Amber Rudd's speech to Conservative conference in full

Rudd addressed the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham today.

Michael Fallon: European human rights laws have undermined British forces

Defence secretary promised to tackle vexatious legal claims against troops at Tory conference.

Read Defence Secretary Michael Fallon's speech to Conservative conference

Fallon said the government will put the UK's security first and vowed to tackle vexatious legal claims.

Indonesia air force conducts largest military drill in South China Sea

Indonesia's fleet of Russian F-16 and Sukhoi fighter jets will be among the aircraft taking part in the exercise.

First deaths reported as Hurricane Matthew strikes Haiti

Island expected to be hit by floods and landslides six years after devastating earthquake.

Outlawed Muslim Brotherhood leader shot dead at his apartment by Egyptian security forces

Mohamed Kamal was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for terror attack and was wanted for murder.

Thomas Mair refuses to enter pleas himself, remaining silent in court over Jo Cox murder charge

Suspect in murder of Labour MP has plea entered for him as he refused to answer during Old Bailey appearance.

Clinton supporters sport pantsuits for flash mob dance in Manhattan

Over 200 supporters assembled at Union Square where they danced to Timberlake's Can't Stop The Feeling.

Italy recovering a deadly migrant shipwreck

Mass rescue of 6,055 migrants in one day off Libyan coast in wake of 2013 Lampedusa shipwreck

Nine dead during rescue operation as Italy marks anniversary of 2013 shipwreck which killed 368 migrants.

Colombian president to hold talks with political parties to save peace deal with Farc rebels

Leader of 'no' campaign says that government should renegotiate the deal with the rebel group.

Imam struck across the head with a shoe live on Egyptian TV over headscarf row

Footage shows crew members rushing to the stage to break up the ensuing brawl.

10 nations host over half of world's refugees, Amnesty slams rich countries

Amnesty says countries in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa have accepted 56% of the world's refugees.

Photos: Isis snipers ambush Libyan forces and kill Dutch photojournalist

Jeroen Oerlemans is the third journalist to be killed in Libya this year.

Footballer Ched Evans to begin retrial over 2011 rape allegation

Chesterfield striker accused of raping woman at North Wales hotel.

Afghanistan: Taliban forces 'defeated', Kunduz province governor says

Kunduz police chief says 'hundreds of Taliban fighters' died in the offensive.

Japan seen dependent on US to defend itself against North Korea

Senior military official says until Japan is able to take on North Korea, it will have to depend on the US.

Russia says draft resolution to end Aleppo fighting will not work

The statement was in response to a UN Security Council resolution called for an end to all military fighting in Aleppo.

National Rifle Association gloats over Kim Kardashian stickup

Reality star feared rape in night-time attack say sources.

Adviser to Australia's Defence Minister one of 9 Australians arrested for stripping at Malaysian F1

Jack Walker is Defence Innovation Adviser to Cabinet Minister Christopher Pyne.

Suspected cannibal killer Austin Harrouff is charged in grisly double murder

The heavily medicated Harrouff will be staying in the medical wing of Martin County jail.

Police have received two reports of people dressed as clowns in King’s Lynn

Merrimack College lifts lockdown following reports of potentially armed clown on campus

Police did not find anything suspicious on campus following reported sightings of a suspicious person.

Jeremy Hunt to outline 10-year plan to reduce NHS reliance on foreign doctors

The plan will include forcing medical graduates to work in the NHS for 4 years before they can leave.

The execution chamber of the 'death house' at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville,Ohio. (CAROLINE GROUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Ohio aims to resume death penalty in January 2017 with new three-drug combination

State's decision paves the way for the execution of convicted murderer and rapist Ronald Phillips.

Afghan security forces reportedly 'back in control of Kunduz' after Taliban assault on city

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed that 'a massive operation' started on Kunduz.

Syrian senior militant leader Abu al-Faraj al-Masri 'killed in airstrike'

The Jabhat Fateh al-Sham jihadist group says a senior figure died in Idlib province.

Government plans to clamp down on battlefield legal claims against British soldiers

Theresa May says she will exempt armed forces from the European Convention on Human Rights.

Buy-to-let is a 'scapegoat' but the private rented sector needs support, says Rics

Tax hikes on buy-to-let deter landlords from increasing supply of much-needed rental housing.

Suspected Isis suicide bomber kills at least 20 including bridegroom at Kurdish wedding in Syria

Unconfirmed reports stated that the attacker was a female.

Trump Foundation ordered to stop taking donations by NY attorney general's office

The Republican candidate's charity has 15 days to submit paperwork to legally take donations from the public.

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