Taxi booking firm Uber has raised another $1.2bn from investors, a deal that values the technology business at $40bn (£25.5bn).

Reported sexual assaults in the US military rise by 8% this year to 5,983, with nearly two-thirds of those who reported saying they faced retaliation.

Thailand's ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej cancels a public appearance to mark his 87th birthday, on medical advice.

A North Korean diplomat in New York says his country is not behind a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, according to reports.

The Asia Pacific region has outperformed the rest of the world when it comes to wage growth, according to a International Labour Organisation report.

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was charged over an alleged phone call threatening to kill a man and his daughter, New Zealand prosecutors reveal.

An Argentine campaign group says it has found another child snatched from political prisoners detained and killed under military rule in the 1970s.

The family of UK-born American hostage Luke Somers release a video appealing to al-Qaeda militants in Yemen to "show mercy" and release him.