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.

It was, perhaps, the most expensive fast-food item ever consumed in Ljubljana.

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.

At least 37 people have died in a stampede during an army recruitment drive at a stadium in Congo-Brazzaville, the government has said.

North Korea claims it has successfully put a military spy satellite into space, after two earlier attempts failed this year.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have released video footage showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea.