Libya's internationally recognised parliament revokes a controversial law that banned Gaddafi-era officials from taking part in politics.

The United States imposes visa restrictions on unnamed Venezuelan officials over alleged human rights violations and corruption.

France's Economy Minister, Emmanuel Macron, says he has received death threats over his attempts to reform the legal profession.

The anti-Islamist group Pegida, which began in Germany, hold its first rally in Austria, but marchers find themselves outnumbered by rival protesters.

Rupert Murdoch's media company News Corp will not be prosecuted in the US over the phone hacking scandal that rocked the company in the UK.

At least seven people are burned to death and 15 others injured, some seriously, in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in eastern Bangladesh.

A South Korean soldier who shot dead five of his colleagues and injured seven others is sentenced to death by a military court.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop tells the cabinet she is not seeking to challenge PM Tony Abbott, amid leadership rumblings.