The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India reaches nearly 800 with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas.

A 14-year-old boy is convicted of terrorism offences in Austria, including a bomb plot potentially targeting a railway station in Vienna.

A student activist who helped run last year's Hong Kong protests has been denied entry to Malaysia by immigration authorities.

Russia's military is carrying out four days of drills involving 250 aircraft and 12,000 service personnel, as Nato begins an Arctic exercise.

Bangladesh bans an Islamist militant group accused of attacking and killing three secular bloggers, the interior ministry says.

An online petition calling for the scrapping of Australia's tax on tampons is backed by the Treasurer Joe Hockey.

A fire at a nursing home in China's Henan province kills 38 people and leaves six injured, state media report.

The smallest and rarest marine dolphin in the world could be extinct within 15 years if protection is not stepped up, according to research.