A tornado rips through Sydney, with one weather station recording the fastest ever wind speeds in the state of New South Wales.

North Korea's highest court has sentenced a Canadian pastor to a life term of hard labour for "crimes against the state", reports say.

China's President Xi Jinping calls on countries to respect one another's right to choose how to develop and regulate their internet.

India's Supreme Court announces a slew of measures to curb record pollution levels in the capital, Delhi.

Japan's Supreme Court upholds a 19th-Century law that married couples must have the same surname, a blow to women's rights activists who said it was discriminatory.

The victim of a gang rape on a Delhi bus in 2012 is named by her mother, three years after the attack.

The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.25 percentage points - its first increase since 2006 - in a move likely to have global repercussions.

The judge in the case of a Baltimore police officer on trial over a death in custody declares a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict.