As Taiwan braces itself for the arrival of Typhoon Nepartak, thousands of tourists have been evacuated and soldiers put on standby.

A French court sentences two former Rwandan mayors to life in prison for their role in the mass killings of ethnic Tutsis during the 1994 genocide.

Flood relief and rescue efforts have been stepped up in the Chinese city of Wuhan, hit by severe flooding, as the Chinese premier warns of further downpours.

The pound continues to hover around 31-year lows in Asian trading but Asian share markets are mixed.

East Asian criminal networks in Africa have become the biggest challenge in the fight against the illegal trade in elephant tusks, a new report finds.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has used the Disney film Frozen to defend a tweet condemned as anti-Semitic

A man is held by Italian police investigating the killing of a Nigerian immigrant which the government has condemned as a racist attack.

The US imposes sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the first time, accusing him of inflicting "intolerable cruelty" on his citizens.