US President Barack Obama says his government is looking at "all options" to help fight Islamist militants in Iraq, including military action.

The European Court of Human Rights defends Paris-Match magazine for revealing that Monaco's Prince Albert II had a love child in 2005.

A New York State police officer has saved a man who crashed into a gas station pump after suffering a diabetic shock.

Angelina Jolie has told the BBC that governments around the world can no longer ignore sexual violence in conflict and must begin to tackle the issue.

Dr Rosemary Leonard and discrimination lawyer Audrey Williams discuss the issues surrounding a legal challenge in Denmark for employers to grant obese workers some disability rights.

Former US President George HW Bush has marked his 90th birthday with a parachute jump.

The actress, civil rights activist and wife to Ossie Davis died at her home in New York on Wednesday, her family reported.

Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, the US soldier freed in May after five years in Taliban captivity, will return to the US on Friday, officials say.