230,000 people lost in a day: Asia remembers devastating tsunami

Communities across Asia commemorated the 230,000 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of one of the world's most deadly disasters.

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Christmas typhoon kills at least 13 in Philippines

A typhoon that struck the central Philippines over Christmas has killed at least 13 people, disaster agency officials said on Thursday.

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Typhoon Phanfone: Philippines counts cost of deadly storm

Typhoon Phanfone, with gusts of close to 190km/h, hit an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

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Mexico calls diplomatic meeting to protest Bolivian 'harassment'

Mexico's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday requested a meeting with Bolivia's charge d'affaires to protest the "harassment and intimidation" of its diplomatic personnel in the Bolivian city La Paz.

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Japan to proceed with casino plan, undeterred by lawmaker's arrest on bribery suspicion

Japan will proceed with its plans to select cities to host casinos in the country, undeterred by the arrest of a lawmaker accused of taking bribes from a potential casino bidder, the country's chief government spokesman said on Thursday.

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'We're all family now': Protesters gather for free Christmas dinner in Hong Kong

Hundreds of anti-government protesters and their supporters gathered outside a tiny restaurant in Hong Kong for an unconventional Christmas dinner, sharing paper plates piled high with food under neon street signs.

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Rakhine rebels say Myanmar official killed in fighting

Rebels in Myanmar's Rakhine region said a captured official from Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party has died, two weeks after being taken for organizing protests against genocide accusations faced by Myanmar at the World Court.

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Singapore police probe Indian for alleged Modi citizenship law protest

Singapore police are investigating an Indian national for allegedly being involved in a public protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial citizenship law.

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Mexico again protests 'harassment' at embassy in Bolivia

Mexico's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday reiterated its protest of the "harassment and intimidation" of its diplomatic personnel in Bolivia.

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Phillips 66 reports fire in Boiler plant area at Wilmington, California refinery

Phillips 66 reported a fire was extinguished in the area of the boiler plant at its 139,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles refinery in Wilmington, California, according to a regulatory filing released on Tuesday.

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Spate of shootings leave two dead, seven wounded in North Carolina city

Police in High Point, North Carolina, searched for clues and suspects on Wednesday in a spate of shootings that have left two people dead and seven others wounded over two days, including a Christmas Eve drive-by attack outside a strip mall.

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Business review of 2019: Boeing, Huawei and Brexit

2019 saw Boeing suffer a blow to its reputation after the second crash of a Boeing 737 Max airliner.

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How the US-China trade war has changed the world

The bitter US-China trade battle has led to fundamental shifts in the global trading environment.

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My Money: 'I'm exactly £1,000 lighter'

As part of a new BBC blog series, Angela Jansen shares what she spent her money on this week.

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The island struggling to secure its future

After being hit by a hurricane, Puerto Rico is seeking ways to counter years of economic decline.

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Radio silence: The Syrian broadcasters in exile

Emma Jane Kirby meets exiled journalists who are now off air, and have nowhere that feels like home.

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The island struggling to secure its future

After being hit by a hurricane, Puerto Rico is seeking ways to counter years of economic decline.

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The children at risk of eating themselves to death

"One sweet here, another one there - that could kill him," says a man whose son has Prader-Willi syndrome.

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Spate of shootings leave 2 dead, 7 wounded in North Carolina city

Police in High Point, North Carolina, searched for clues and suspects on Wednesday in a spate of shootings that have left two people dead and seven others wounded over two days, including a Christmas Eve drive-by attack outside a strip mall.

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Christmas shopping online or in person - who wins?

Online shopping is on the rise, with more and more people choosing the sofa to buy goods, but which is better?

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Trump impeachment: Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' over co-ordination comment

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pledged "total co-ordination" with the White House.

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Ari Behn: Author and Norway princess's ex-husband dies aged 47

Author Ari Behn and the king's eldest child, Princess Martha Louise, divorced in 2017.

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The bakery in a mental health hospital

There’s a very unusual bakery in a mental health hospital outside Beijing where the patients are the bakers.

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Philippine typhoon Phanfone ruins Christmas for travelers, evacuees

Christmas turned to chaos for many holiday observers in the central Philippines as a typhoon with strong winds and heavy rains destroyed homes, cut off power and stranded travelers, disaster officials said on Wednesday.

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Japan ruling party lawmaker arrested on casino bribery suspicion: prosecutors

Japanese authorities arrested ruling party lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto on Wednesday on suspicion of accepting bribes from a company interested in setting up a casino in Japan, Tokyo prosecutors said.

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Kartarpur: Temple of hope between India and Pakistan

Parminder Singh Sandhu wanted to visit Kartarpur temple all his life - but couldn't until now.

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