North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory says he wants to make changes to a controversial new state law condemned by many as anti-gay.

A Canadian man stopped at the US border with 51 live turtles hidden in his trousers has been jailed for nearly five years for smuggling.

Voters in South Korea are electing a new National Assembly with the governing Saenuri party eager to strengthen its position

Police in Panama raid the headquarters of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive data leak.

Another coalition partner of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff quits the government, dealing a further blow to her bid to stave off impeachment.

This year, life-threatening temperature levels arrive rather earlier and more widely than normal across India.

China's export data for March soars past expectations, improving sentiment for the world's second largest economy.

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov issues a pardon to all politicians embroiled in a corruption scandal that sparked a major political crisis.