South Korea's President Park Geun-hye warns political deadlock over plans to reorganise government is damaging the economy and security.

Indian police say at least 11 children have died after their school bus crashed into a truck in the northern state of Punjab.

Haruhiko Kuroda, nominated to be the next head of Japan's central bank, promises to do "whatever we can do" to achieve 2% inflation, sending Japanese shares higher.

The Queen is spending a second day in hospital - her first stay for 10 years - where she is being assessed for symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Survivors of one of the biggest bushfires in Australian history sue a power company for negligence, in a case expected to last several months.

Brazilian police backed by troops, helicopters and armoured vehicles have moved into shanty-towns near Rio de Janeiro's international airport.

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Britain must become more resilient to both drought and flooding as the climate changes, the chairman of the Environment Agency warns.

Fifty years of education reforms have failed to significantly improve exam results of the disadvantaged in Scotland, says a major new report.

Skin patches which deliver oestrogen into the blood may be a cheaper and safer treatment for prostate cancer than current therapies, a study suggests.

Three million people in the UK have now been diagnosed with diabetes, says charity Diabetes UK, which warns this new high could create a huge NHS burden.

The refugees fleeing Pakistan's militant infighting

Jonah Eaton has devoted much of the past eight years to his dream of building a 42ft (13m) wooden boat by hand, then sailing it across the Atlantic.

Taking eight years to build a wooden ship by hand

Would it be ethical to fight wars with killer robots?

Engineers are designing robots that will kill on future battlefields without human intervention - and the ethics are being hotly debated.

The mass trial of 94 activists accused of plotting to seize power in the United Arab Emirates is set to begin, but rights groups say it is a sham.

US Secretary of State John Kerry pledges a boost for Egypt's faltering economy as violence over a football riot trial rocks Port Said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry pledges a boost for Egypt's faltering economy as violence over a football riot trial rocks Port Said.

Fashionable Paris chefs kickstart a horsemeat gastro-trend