At least two tornadoes strike the US state of Indiana, damaging buildings, destroying a Starbucks cafe and cutting power to thousands.

Thousands of rescuers search through the night for survivors following Wednesday's deadly earthquake in a mountainous area of central Italy.

A Sydney man who helped seven young men travel from Australia to Syria to fight with Islamic State breaks down in tears and tells a court he is "not a terrorist".

The Indian government unveils a draft law which would ban commercial surrogacy, in an attempt to regulate the industry.

The president of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen, faces an impending challenge to his increasingly shaky rule in the island nation, sources tell the BBC.

As the industry races to make driverless cars viable, a small fleet of computer-driven taxis are taking passengers in Singapore.

Intimate images of Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones and racist photos appear on her website after it was targeted in a cyber-attack.

A driver playing Pokemon Go while behind the wheel in Japan is arrested after hitting two women, killing one of them, say police.