Voting begins in New Zealand in the first stage of a referendum which could see the country getting a new national flag.

Jonathan Pollard, an American jailed for life in 1987 for spying for Israel, is due to be released from a North Carolina prison.

South Korea confirms it has accepted a North Korean offer to hold talks next week, in preparation for high-level

The founder and five officials of Singapore's City Harvest megachurch are jailed after being found guilty in a S$50m ($35m; £23m) fraud case.

Indian Railways fails to provide disabled-friendly exam centres to all candidates in a hiring test specially planned for them.

Chinese security forces kill 28 people allegedly behind a deadly attack on a coal mine in Xinjiang, state media says, in the first official comment on the incident.

Forest workers say a tiger who killed and ate a farmer a few days ago has been shot dead after he attacked a forest guard in southern India.

Barack Obama lands in Malaysia for the final leg of a six-day visit to Asia, amid high security following last week's attacks in Paris.