The authorities in Sri Lanka detain two prominent human rights activists under anti-terror laws.

Air Canada suspends flights between Toronto and Caracas over security concerns.

Kenyan police heighten security in the port-city of Mombasa after two men are arrested in a car allegedly on their way to place bombs.

Tributes pour in for designer L'Wren Scott, found dead in New York in an apparent suicide, as Sir Mick Jagger denies a report they had recently split.

South Korea grants approval to US firm Caesars Entertainment to open a casino with Indonesian conglomerate Lippo near Incheon airport outside Seoul.

The BBC apologises after failing to ensure students were aware of the risks involved in taking part in a Panorama programme on North Korea.

China begins searching its territory for the missing Malaysian plane and says no evidence was found of terror links among Chinese passengers.

China has more than halved its tuberculosis (TB) prevalence, with rates falling from 170 to 59 per 100,000 of population, figures suggest.