Usain Bolt questions why he has received a notice for a drugs test from Australia's anti-doping authority, saying he is not yet a professional footballer.

Yang Kaili, who has millions of followers in China, apologised for not singing the anthem "seriously".

A love for fermented fruit means the kereru can get tipsy at times, falling out of trees.

Harsha Lobo suffered a fracture and other injuries and has been taken to a hospital.

A "training error" caused a bogus meeting invitation to be distributed last week, officials say.

Emerging market contagion and trade tensions are among the key risks facing the region, the IMF says.

The nine climbers died when a violent storm destroyed their camp on the Himalayan peak of Gurja.

Their first official tour includes the Invictus Games and visits to Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand.

The race to be first to the scene must be balanced with care and protection, writes the BBC's Najiba Feroz.

The chief of a dwindling forest tribe in India refuses to abandon his home.

The repeal of India’s anti-gay legislation had a massive impact on its LGBT+ population, but how does it impact British Asians?

Python drops in on a staff meeting at a bank in Nanning, southern China.

An Australian wildlife carer suffers a punctured lung as the animal is fended off with broom and shovel.

The Umer family have lived a nightmare but they are fighting to change what they say is a culture of impunity in Pakistan.

The number of countries which have abolished the death penalty continues to increase.

The former deputy Malaysian PM wins a parliamentary seat, months after he was released from jail.

Many victims are children hit by a torrent of mud while studying at a school on Sumatra island.

Faith schools will no longer be allowed to discriminate, the PM says amid sharp debate on the issue.

Nine people are feared dead after a storm destroyed their base camp on the Himalayan peak of Gurja.

Bhutan has for years been closed off to the outside world, but cycling could be its ticket in.