Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issues a stern rebuke after one of his lawmakers sparked a row by saying US President Barack Obama has "the blood of slaves".

The European Union will hold a special summit with Turkey on the migration crisis in early March, EU officials have announced.

A Japanese court orders the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant to compensate a couple who voluntarily fled radiation.

Authorities in the northern Indian town of Rohtak tighten security as caste-related violence spreads.

Police raid the headquarters of Uganda's main opposition party in the capital Kampala, a day after tightly contested presidential elections.

Two complainants fail in their attempt to get Germany's constitutional court to consider the laws banning sex with animals.

A rare phenomenon known as "firefall" has drawn visitors and photographers to Yosemite National Park in California.

Protesters chanting "we are the people" try to stop asylum seekers from getting off their bus at a shelter for refugees in a German village.