Chieko Asakawa, blind since 14, develops groundbreaking technology for the visually impaired.

Fourteen Olympic and Paralympic sports receive investment from the new £3m Aspiration Fund to help support their ambitions for Tokyo 2020.

Canada's PM gives his first response after the arrest of a Chinese executive that angered Beijing.

The boy made famous for making a football shirt out of a bag is reportedly under Taliban threat.

The project aims to give some disabled people more independence, interaction and paid work.

Thirty-two women carrying babies for Chinese clients are released after agreeing to keep the children.

The US seeks to extradite chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, daughter of the telecom giant's founder.

Cheteshwar Pujara makes a century to help India recover from 56-4 to 250-9 on the opening day of first Test in Australia.

Australian clergyman Philip Wilson's conviction for concealing child sexual abuse is overturned.

Police allege Sydney woman Lynette Dawson, who vanished in 1982, was murdered by her husband.

The US seeks the extradition of chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei's founder.

A KC-130 and an F/A 18 were involved in a "mishap" in Japan, the US Marine Corps says.

The Malay sport of jong sailing is dying out, but volunteers are keeping the centuries-old tradition alive.

EXP Edition are a K-pop band with a difference - none of them is Korean. Does that matter?

Is the dystopian future of water shortages already here?

Volunteers make a map of the Dead Sea out of 100,000 used plastic bags collected in Kathmandu.

The small nocturnal animals with long, rabbit-like ears were last seen in New South Wales in 1912.

There are no reports of damage after a 7.5 magnitude quake east of the French territory in the Pacific.

Mastanamma shot to fame for cooking unusual dishes from scratch, and had over a million subscribers.

The Indian actress got married to US singer Nick Jonas in Rajasthan state over the weekend.