A stream of lava that has been creeping towards a Hawaii town for months has now destroyed one of the houses.

An American doctor who became the first person to be diagnosed in New York with Ebola is to be released from hospital on Tuesday after recovering.

South Korean judges are set to give verdicts in the trial of the crew of a ferry that sank, killing 300, with the captain facing a death sentence.

Eight women die after botched sterilisation surgery at a government-run health camp in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

The UN mediator in the Syrian conflict, Staffan de Mistura, tells the BBC he believes there is a fresh opportunity to resolve the country's crisis.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping urges Asia-Pacific nations to accelerate economic integration to spur growth, on day two of the Apec summit.

Tony Abbott says a new regional development bank for Asia would be good for growth, but says Australia will only join a "genuinely multilateral body".

Social networking giant Facebook said its new messaging service now has more than 500 million users - more than doubling since April.