Tokyo's move seen as attempt to check Chinese influence in region.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's lock of hair from 1791 set to go on auction at Sotheby's for an estimated £10,000.
Activist took in wildlife around her to keep going as she stood suspended from a Shell Arctic support vessel anchor.
Eye-witnesses describe horrific scene as 6-storey cherry picker topples over sending children flying
Air combat exercises rev up in region where enemies expect trouble.
Advancing Iraqi army backed by Shia militias say isis action shows group's desperation
Video showing Saudi religious police preventing veiled woman without gloves from entering a shop goes viral.
State-of-the-art offices for Chinese game developer NetDragon Websoft is shaped like Star Trek's USS Enterprise.
Ex-reporter Neville Thurlbeck tells court Coulson knew voicemail messages on phone of Milly Dowler had been intercepted.
Art Garfunkel has spoken frankly about his frustration following the split of Simon and Garfunkel.
Amatuer video purports to show buildings in the Isis-seized city damaged by Syrian air strikes.
Yanis Varoufakis warns that the entire euro project could collapse if Athens crashes out of the single currency.
Terrorists of the Isis gang have gone one step further in their horrendous crimes against humanity by burning a 20-year-old girl alive because she declined to engage in an extreme sex act, according to a UN official.
Westboro Baptist Church reversed the colours of the Irish tricolour, turning it into an Ivory Coast flag.
Police locked down the main strip of Bondi Beach after a gunman barricaded himself in an apartment.
Tunisian soldier opened fire in barracks at an army base in the capital city Tunis.
Alyssa Carter has helped raising money to buy two trained Belgian shepherd dogs to fight rhino poachers in Mahikeng.
Record-setting rains have left three dead and damaged hundreds of homes in Texas and Oklahoma.
Robinson was admitted to hospital in Dundonald by ambulance for a heart complaint.
Chicago prison inmate has been hospitalised 24 times after swallowing objects including screws, needles and a thumb-tack.
British jihadis heading to Syria are travelling through Italy and across the Mediterranean to avoid being caught.
Olmert convicted of taking more than $150,000 (£96,000) from a US businessman.
David Cameron is set to rule that the majority of the EU citizens living in the UK will not be able to vote in the EU referendum.
Thousands of people in Ireland have taken to the streets to celebrate the landslide victory for the 'Yes' campaign.
Authorities yet to determine if victims are Rohingyas or Bangladeshis.
Yemen President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi wants Shiite Houthi rebels to withdraw first.
Fears of plunder of ancient city prompt authorities to transfer most antiques to Damascus.
Health warning issued against Japan's new bill that will take away overtime pay from white-collar employees.
Russia's foreign ministry warns citizens that US special forces are kidnapping Russians over spying claims.
US says despite Iraqi forces having the capacity to fight Isis, they failed due to 'lack of will' in Ramadi.