Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor is freed by a New York judge on $US50,000 bail after being charged with assault for his part in a melee at a media event to publicise a series of UFC fights at a Brooklyn arena.

Prince Harry and his bride-to-be Meghan Markle arrive in Bath to watch some of the men and women hoping to represent the UK team at the prince's Invictus Games to be held in Sydney later this year.

Israeli troops shoot dead nine Palestinian protesters, including one journalist, and wound at least 200 along the Israel-Gaza border, Palestinian medical officials say, raising the death toll to 31 in the week-long disturbances.

Two years after Li Long died of cancer, his mother finally found him a terminally ill bride for a "ghost marriage" — a marriage for two deceased people to live in the netherworld together.

Prince Philip may hold a string of grand titles and honours including the Duke of Edinburgh and Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy, but for one small community a in Vanuatu, he is regarded in a far more spiritual way.