Rescuers have worked through the night to pull survivors out of a deadly train crash in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state.
A suicide car bomb attack on a wedding west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 17 people and injured many more.
Australia's offshore detention policy for asylum seekers has been criticised by a top-ranking UN official.
Turning around Malaysia Airlines after the double tragedies of MH370 and MH17 is an "unprecedented" challenge, the firm's recently appointed chief executive has told the BBC.
Sydney's sky-high property market has spawned doomsday predictions of a housing bubble on the verge of collapse. But is a "bloodbath" inevitable, asks Ian Lloyd Neubauer.
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe has said he has "great confidence" in US President-elect Donald Trump and he believes they can build a relationship of trust.
A US police officer who fatally shot a black man in Minnesota in July has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say.
Hundreds of people from the Rohingya minority in Myanmar are trying to escape a military crackdown by crossing the border into Bangladesh.
Pakistan's interior ministry has so far not commented.
Mexico has published a list of measures aimed at helping Mexicans living in the United States from becoming the victims of what it called abuse and fraud.
An Indian bank manager's tale of chaos and the "stench" of hoarded cash is being shared widely on social media, after last week's shock ban.
Japan's PM is set to become the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump, since the election last week.
As the British monarch celebrates her 90th birthday, Lindsay Baker delves into the immaculate wardrobe of the most photographed woman in history.
A man described by a US judge as a leader of a group who plotted to travel to Syria to fight for the Islamic State group has been jailed for 35 years.
New York's mayor says he has told US President-elect Donald Trump people in the city are "fearful" of what his White House administration could bring.
A hospital, blood bank and ambulances are reported to have been hit as Syrian government aircraft and artillery bombarded rebel-held eastern Aleppo.
Syria's leader has said he hopes US President-elect Donald Trump will be an ally in fighting terrorism but remains "cautious in judging him".
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