Protests over a controversial new law on migrants are raging across several Indian cities, prompting police to clash with demonstrators.
On a hunting trip to Mongolia earlier this summer the US president’s son Donald Trump Jr killed a rare species of endangered sheep. A permit for the killing was retroactively issued after Trump met with the country’s president, according to new reporting from ProPublica.
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been defending her country against allegations of genocide at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ).
A volcano has erupted in New Zealand, leaving one dead and several unaccounted for, police have said.
Indian police have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a young female vet in Hyderabad last week.
Seven Islamists have been sentenced to death for a 2016 attack on a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed.
A former employee of the UK's Hong Kong consulate has told the BBC that he was tortured in China and accused of inciting political unrest in the city.
At least 73 passengers have died after a train travelling between the Pakistani cities of Karachi to Rawalpindi caught fire.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne in an elaborate ceremony.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has climbed the country's highest mountain on horseback, according to state media.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.