Google says it will soon have a string of 300 internet-beaming balloons circling the Earth, as three Indonesian firms agree to join its trials.

French National Front leader Marine Le Pen is accused of violating European Parliament rules by getting an MEP to vote on her behalf.

As many as 50,000 North Koreans have been sent abroad to work in condition that amount to "forced labour", a UN investigator says.

Nepal's parliament has elected women rights campaigner Bidhya Devi Bhandari as its first female president, in a move hailed as a milestone.

The US is intensifying diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war even as it increases support for moderate rebels, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.

An Indian court rejects a police report which said that two teenage girls found hanging from a tree last year took their own lives and were not raped and murdered.

China signs a $17bn contract to buy 130 aircraft from European consortium Airbus, during a visit by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Beijing.

Deutsche Bank says it will cut 15,000 jobs and sell businesses employing 20,000 people, as it announces a third-quarter loss.