Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world's oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.
The death toll from an airstrike that slammed into a military facility in Libya's capital climbed to at least 30 people, most of them military trainees, as fighting over control of Tripoli between rival armed groups escalated.
At least 25,000 koalas are believed to have died in wildfires in Australia that may lead to devastating consequences for the survival of the species.
The general overseeing the reconstruction of the fire-devastated Notre Dame Cathedral has warned the Paris landmark is not saved yet because there is still a risk its vaulted ceilings might collapse.
British Labour leadership favourite and shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer admits his party "should have taken a stronger position one way or the other" on Brexit.
Six German tourists died when a suspected drunk driver crashed his car into a group of people in a town in northern Italy.
Harvey Weinstein says he hopes to rebuild a career in the film industry should he be acquitted of sex assault charges.
