Residents of a small town in the US state of Colorado are told not to drink tap water after THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, is found in one of the area's wells.

A Nigerian Muslim group welcomes a court ruling lifting the ban on schoolgirls in Lagos state wearing the headscarf as a victory.

Nintendo's Pokemon Go is now available for players in Japan, the birthplace of the monsters, says game developer Niantic Labs.

Basketball league will move 2017 All-Star game out of North Carolina in protest over controversial law restricting transgender people's use of public bathrooms.

Australian authorities raid the home of the man who rammed a burning car into the gate of a police station car park, but rule out any link to terror.

Swiss police seize three paintings by Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet as part of an investigation into Malaysian state fund 1MDB.

Donald Trump says his presidency would usher in a new era of security and prosperity, as he accepts the Republican presidential nomination.

The former chief of a Chinese village famous for staging a protests against land grabs is formally charged for taking bribes.