The French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean is brushed by cyclone Bejisa, leaving 15 people injured, power lines cut and some homes damaged.

Facebook is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it monitors users' private messages to profile the sender's web activity.

Norwegian and Danish ships are set to sail again from Cyprus in a new bid to collect Syria's chemical arms, after an earlier deadline was missed.

The number of overweight and obese adults in the developing world has quadrupled to almost one billion since 1980, a report from a UK think tank says.

Snapchat will release an updated version of its app after hackers download usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million accounts.

Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, with temperatures 1.2C above the long term average, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

Three people are killed as Cambodian police open fire on protesting garment industry workers in Phnom Penh demanding an increase in wages.

Sunni militants linked to al-Qaeda are reportedly still in control of parts of two cities in western Iraq following days of fierce fighting.