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The actions of so-called Islamic State in France are dominating the agenda of world leaders who are meeting in Turkey at the G20 summit.
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Alex Forsyth reports on the links between Friday's attacks in Paris and France's northern neighbour, Belgium.
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A memorial service is held at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after 129 people were killed in a series of attacks in the city on Friday night.
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Japan's economy shrinks 0.8% on an seasonally adjusted basis in the third quarter, marking a technical recession in the world's third largest economy.
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People paying their respects to the victims of Friday's attacks in Paris sum up their thoughts in one word.
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Australia's immigration minister rejects a politician's call to close the country's borders to refugees from the Middle East.
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Ban Ki-moon will visit North Korea this week, South Korea's Yonhap says, the first trip by a UN chief in more than 20 years.
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Police have issued a photograph of a French national wanted in connection with Friday's deadly attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead.
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More than 2,000 rescuers are searching for survivors in a village in eastern China, after a landslide that has killed at least 25 people.
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A huge manhunt is under way for surviving members and accomplices of the Islamist group that killed 129 people in Paris on Friday night.
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A survivor of the attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Friday night has said he thought he was going to die.
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A gang boss in Japan's Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza syndicate is bludgeoned to death, months after a split in the organised crime group, according to reports.
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The wife of one of Australia's most notorious extremists, Mohamed Elomar, pleads guilty to supporting overseas terrorism.
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Three cats took over the stage at the G20 Leader's Summit in Antalya, Turkey.
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The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, says terrorism and the migrant influx into Europe must not be confused.
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said authorities believed new terror attacks were being planned in France and other European countries.
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The French Prime Minister has said Friday's attacks in Paris were planned and organised from Syria.
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Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey dies at the age of 86 after a career in film and television spanning more than half a century.
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A minute of silence has been held across Europe to commemorate the victims of Friday's attacks.
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Mariesha Payne tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme about how she survived the attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
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Nicaragua sends back more than 1,000 Cuban migrants to Costa Rica, triggering a diplomatic spat between the two Central American nations.
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A total of 23 people have been arrested and weapons seized in a series of raids targeting Islamist militants across France, officials say, following Friday's attacks in Paris.
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RIP Saeed Jaffrey, the Indian star who found global fame
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French President Francois Hollande has described Friday's attacks in Paris as "an act of war" committed by Islamic State militants.
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US-led air strikes destroyed 116 fuel trucks operated by so-called Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria on one day, US defence officials say.
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US surgeons say they have carried out the world's most extensive face transplant to date, including the entire scalp, ears and eyelids.
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Residents of Paris describe their mix of emotions at returning to work.
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At least 11 people are killed in crossfire when Somali security forces clash over who is in charge at a refugee camp, witnesses say.
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A survivor of the Bataclan shootings in Paris has told the BBC how he believes he survived because his prosthetic leg made it appear that he was dead.
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French investigators believe that a Belgian jihadist of Moroccan origin masterminded the Paris attacks which killed at least 129 people.
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Tributes continue to dominate social media feeds, as the world tries to make sense of the Paris attacks online.
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Ahmad al-Mohammad, from Idlib in Syria has been named as one of the attackers involved in Friday's terror attacks in Paris.
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In a week that saw attacks by so-called Islamic State in Lebanon, Iraq and France, some people have been questioning whether the shootings in Paris are overshadowing attacks elsewhere.
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Argentina football legend Diego Maradona has a second gastric bypass as his surgeon warns that he needs to lose 75kgs.
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France is committed to "destroying" the so-called Islamic State group after Friday's deadly attacks, President Francois Hollande says.
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Runners in a half-marathon in Bangkok are forced to complete 17 miles after they are sent the wrong way by a race marshal.
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Police in Brazil question three people who took part in the killing of a street vendor beaten to death after a party on Ipanema beach.
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The Liberal government in Canada abandons a legal challenge that sought to require women to remove their niqabs or face coverings during citizenship ceremonies.
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Tom Burridge analyses what happened at the Stade de France when three suicide bombers tried to enter during the Paris attacks.
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Protesters and family are demanding answers as details emerge about a police-involved shooting of a young black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Belgian police have detained several people following Friday's attacks in Paris, with a flurry of police activity in the Brussels district of Molenbeek.
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