Burma's Rohingya Muslim minority is facing fresh atrocities and human rights violations at the hands of the military, according to a report by Amnesty International.
The US House of Representatives failed again to pass a $19.1bn (€17bn) disaster aid bill supported by President Donald Trump after a Republican politician objected to the measure.
Jeremy Corbyn is coming under pressure to make a new referendum a condition of Labour support for any Brexit deal, after an exodus of Remain voters consigned the party to its worst national election result since 1910.
This year MacKenzie Bezos became one of the world's richest women through divorce, getting $35.6bn (€31.9bn) of her husband Jeff's Amazon fortune.
Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell has been expelled from the British Labour Party after admitting that he voted for the Liberal Democrats in the European elections.
An American mountaineer has become the 11th person in two weeks to die on Mount Everest, as sherpas and tour operators alike blame an influx of inexperienced climbers and budget tour operators for the rise in fatalities.
Court documents reveal a woman suspected by British authorities of having ill-gotten wealth spent £600,000 (€680,000) in one day at upmarket department store Harrods and once forked out £30,000 on chocolates.
