Australia's PM Tony Abbott dismisses the idea of banning Vegemite in remote communities amid reports it was being turned into alcohol.

Six suspected tiger poachers are shot dead in a gunfight with Bangladeshi police in the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.

Seven people are arrested in eastern Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in a widespread child sexual abuse and extortion scandal.

A leading Mexican activist who helped families search for missing relatives, including 43 students who disappeared last year, is killed.

Cemil Bayik, the man currently leading the Kurdistan Workers' Party, tells the BBC he believes Turkey is trying to protect the Islamic State group.

At least 11 people are killed and 20 injured in a stampede at a temple in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials say.

South Korea warns the North of a "pitiless penalty" for North Korea after blaming it for a landmine blast in the demilitarized zone.

Frank Gifford - a star American football player and later a broadcaster who helped popularise the sport - dies aged 84.