Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issues a stern rebuke after one of his lawmakers sparked a row by saying US President Barack Obama has "the blood of slaves".

A rural Australian city is considering vacuuming away "hairy panic" tumbleweed that is clogging up homes.

The European Union will hold a special summit with Turkey on the migration crisis in early March, EU officials have announced.

US online car-hire service Uber is losing more than $1bn a year in China, as it struggles against "fierce" local competition, its CEO says.

A Japanese court orders the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant to compensate a couple who voluntarily fled radiation.

Authorities in the northern Indian town of Rohtak tighten security as caste-related violence spreads.

Police raid the headquarters of Uganda's main opposition party in the capital Kampala, a day after tightly contested presidential elections.

Two complainants fail in their attempt to get Germany's constitutional court to consider the laws banning sex with animals.