Google has said data was wiped from discs at one of its data centres in Belgium - after it was struck by lightning four times.

Confusion over the types of coal being burned in Chinese power stations means the country's carbon emissions have been overestimated.

A top UN official warns that months of conflict in Yemen has pushed the country to the brink of famine, with millions in urgent need of help.

A state security building in northern Cairo has been hit by a car bomb, Egypt's Ministry of Interior says, injuring several people.

Monday's bombing of the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok was "unlikely" to have been work of an international terror group, the Thai government says.

South Korea orders the evacuation of some residents from its western border area after an exchange of fire with North Korea, reports say.

A Greek government-chartered ferry arrives at Piraeus port near Athens, after picking up almost 2,500 migrants from islands near Turkey.

Two men identified as suspects in the Bangkok bombing hand themselves in to police, insisting they are tour guides, authorities say.