Heavy rains and strong winds from a severe cyclonic storm have been battering India's southern coast with reports that several people have died.
Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shootings last month of three homeless men, whose deaths shocked the city.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow says she is jumping bail and will not be returning home from her studies in Canada.
Australia's prime minister has given a national apology to survivors of the thalidomide scandal and their families.
An explosive eruption last week sent volcanic rock hurtling into the sea around Niijima Island, located 150km (93 miles) south of the Japanese capital Tokyo.
Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from January, in an effort to curb nicotine addiction in children.
North Korea has ripped up a five-year-old deal with Seoul aimed at lowering military tensions, in the latest escalation of a row between the two.
New York's governor has said there is no sign of a terrorist attack in the explosion of a car on a US-Canada border bridge near Niagara Falls.