Australian MPs approve legislation allowing offshore processing camps for asylum seekers to be established, after a reversal of government policy.
Hypersonic jet Waverider undergoes a test flight aiming to reach Mach 6, more than 4,300mph, but the results have not yet been released.
A 90-year-old suspected Nazi war criminal wins his fight to remain in Australia, after the High Court blocks his extradition to Hungary.
The New York Times Company announces that outgoing BBC director general Mark Thompson will become its chief executive and president in November.
An Australian court has upheld the government's new law on mandatory plain packaging for cigarettes in the country.
South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak says ties with Japan are being hampered by its stance on historical issues.
A series of bombings on markets crowded with shoppers preparing for the end of Ramadan leaves 48 people dead in south-western and northern Afghanistan.
France's Interior Minister Manuel Valls is heckled and booed as he arrives in a deprived district of Amiens, where rioters have clashed with police.
The largest Muslim area in the Burmese city of Sittwe was razed to the ground in recent communal clashes, a UK broadcaster says after visiting the area.
French football stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema are to be called before a judge over allegations that they solicited an underage prostitute.
Standard Chartered agrees a $340m settlement with New York regulators that accused it of hiding $250bn of transactions with Iran.
Which nations got the most out of London 2012 and which took a battering? BBC Sport examines the medals table
Striker Kelly Smith says it would be a shame if Great Britain's women's football team did not compete at the Rio Olympics.
Kevin Pietersen apologises for sending texts allegedly criticising England team-mates to South Africa players, says Alec Stewart.
Will social media prowess win the presidency?
The story of India's first Playboy model
How long before computers realise they are better than us?
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