Shares in some of the world's biggest gambling firms have rallied after the legalisation of casinos in Japan moved a step closer.
Twelve people were arrested on Monday evening at a cinema in India, after they remained seated while the national anthem played.
A senior official in Afghanistan says he was violently kidnapped and sexually molested by Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum late last month.
The US Marines have suspended flights of all Osprey military aircraft in Japan, after a crash off the coast of Okinawa island.
US rapper Kanye West has held a meeting with Donald Trump - with the president-elect saying the pair discussed "life".
The UN has ended its campaign with comic book heroine Wonder Woman, a spokesman says, less than two months after her appointment sparked outrage.
Film critics have praised the new Star Wars film Rogue One, starring Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso and directed by British filmmaker Gareth Edwards.
The one remaining ship still looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has begun what is likely to be its final search.
Hundreds of stars appear to spin in the sky above Mount Bromo - an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia.
The three majestic waterfalls that straddle the Canadian-United States border can now be seen at night like never before.
Pokemon Go has released its first major update, but faces a battle to reinvigorate the gaming phenomenon.
Pop star Adele has dominated the BBC Music Awards for a second year in a row - without making an appearance.
America's biggest shopping mall grabbed headlines this week by hiring its first African-American Father Christmas. But black Santas have been around for a lot longer than you might think - and even played a role in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
A five-year-old Australian child born genetically male will grow up as a sterilised female after a court agreed to her having surgery.
Cruz Beckham, the son of David and Victoria Beckham, has released his debut single.
Red fire ants could wreak more damage in Australia than feral rabbits, cane toads and foxes combined, experts have warned in a new report.
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