A former New Jersey airport official pleads guilty to using his position to get a direct weekly flight to his vacation home.

Police in the US state of Arizona say a single suspect may be responsible for a series of shootings that have left seven people dead.

The US sentences a Chinese businessman to nearly four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to hacking sensitive military information.

A Zimbabwean pastor who was briefly detained after organising a nationwide strike last week calls on people to keep protesting.

Shares in Japanese gaming firm Nintendo rise 16% on Thursday, an overall increase of more than 50% since the release of the hugely successful Pokemon Go game last week.

The Philippines says "all parties" should respect a UN-backed tribunal's rejection of China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

So many tree species are present in the Amazon basin that it would take 300 years to catalogue them all, scientists say.

Being overweight or obese raises the chance of dying early - particularly for men, the largest ever study on obesity and death suggests.