A boat evacuating Rohingya Muslims from Burma's Rakhine state - where tens of thousands are displaced - capsizes ahead of a powerful cyclone, reports say.

Limited edition gold coins with Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar's face engraved on them are launched by an Indian jewellery company.

Retailers in Europe, including Hennes & Maurtiz and Inditex which owns Zara, say they will sign an accord to improve safety conditions in factories in Bangladesh.

An ancient Mayan temple in Belize has been destroyed by a road-building crew using bulldozers and backhoes to extract gravel for road filler.

The French government considers introducing a "culture tax" on the sale of smartphones and tablets to help fund French film, music and images.

Lonmin mineworkers in South Africa down tools in a wildcat strike, after a senior union official was shot at the weekend.

A top Berlin hospital plans to investigate drug trials in the former East Germany amid allegations that some patients were used as human guinea pigs.

Sex workers in China are subject to abuse by police, including physical assault, arbitrary detentions and extortion, a new report says.