Japan's upper house is set to hold its final vote on bills to expand the role of the country's military abroad, with the move expected to pass.

Republican hopeful Donald Trump faces criticism for failing to correct a supporter who said President Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".

Burkina Faso's coup leaders will release the detained interim President Michel Kafando, a statement read on national television says.

A Lebanese TV journalist and her station are cleared of obstructing justice by a UN-backed tribunal investigating the killing of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.

The United States has repatriated the first criminal suspect from the Sky Net list of economic fugitives, the Communist Party says.

A Japanese tourist dies at the Taj Mahal after allegedly slipping down a staircase, with one eyewitness saying the tourist had been taking a selfie.

A panel which will decide whether to free Oscar Pistorius from prison is meeting, after the justice minister blocked his early release in August.

A top Russian human rights body says it has been contacted by Russian soldiers who fear being sent to fight in Syria.