Saudi Arabia has allowed adult women to travel without permission and granted them more control over family matters, further eroding a heavily criticised male guardianship system.
North Korea yesterday fired missiles for the third time in eight days - a move apparently designed to pile pressure on the US and South Korea.
A fourth case of Ebola has been confirmed in the eastern Congo city of Goma, raising fears of an acceleration in infections close to the border with Rwanda.
Libya is to close three of its largest migrant detention centres, including one hit by an airstrike last month during fighting between rival forces.
Rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his friends were on their way home to the US after being released from custody in Sweden yesterday.
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy, has been found dead at the family's compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Boris Johnson has been left with a working majority of only one in the House of Commons after the Tories were defeated in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election.
