Japan came out of a recession in the fourth quarter of last year, but the world's third largest economy grew at a slower than expected pace.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution demanding Shia Houthi rebels give up their control of Yemen's government.

Louis Jourdan, the French film star known for roles in Gigi and Octopussy, has died at his home in Los Angeles aged 93.

PM Tony Abbott says "legal options" are open in the case of two Australians on death row in Indonesia, as corruption allegations emerge.

Up to 100 banks and financial institutions worldwide have been attacked in an "unprecedented cyber robbery", claims a new report.

Observers from the OSCE are to try again to reach a besieged town in east Ukraine, after saying they were denied access by pro-Russian rebels.

Scientists are monitoring snail habitats from space in a bid to combat the spread of the parasitic disease schistosomiasis in Africa.

Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after video emerged showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.