Ska pioneer Prince Buster, who shaped the course of Jamaican music, dies at the age of 78 at his home in Miami.

US media firm Liberty Media is buying the racing business Formula 1, with Bernie Ecclestone to remain as chief executive.

Jill Stein is charged after video appears to show the US Green Party presidential candidate spray-painting a bulldozer at a pipeline protest.

More than 100 fighters loyal to South Sudan's sacked vice-president are found "in extremely bad shape" by the UN in DR Congo and given treatment.

The Toronto International Film Festival opens later with a raft of films that will spotlight the ongoing diversity debate in Hollywood.

Zimbabwe's ruling party is accused of deliberately withholding aid from opposition supporters in areas facing starvation because of drought.

A Chinese village leader involved in protests against land seizures is sentenced to three years in jail on corruption charges.

A court in the Indian city of Mumbai gives the death penalty to a man for throwing acid at a woman at a busy railway station three years ago.