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Karachi affair: Former French govt officials on trial over arms deals kickbacks
Suspects include three officials who served under conservative ex-prime minister Edouard Balladur
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Bangladesh student killing sparks university protests
An undergraduate student was beaten to death for criticising the government over a water-sharing deal with India
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France warns Turkey against 'any initiative' threatening fight against Da'ish in Syria
US shows no involvement or support for a planned Turkish operation in northern Syria
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At least 10 killed in bomb attack on bus in east Afghanistan
10 civilians including a child were killed and 27 wounded, says official
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India's top court halts tree felling after protests
Some 2,700 trees were being cut down in Mumbai to make way for a depot for subway carriages in the city
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China's Xi and India's Modi to hold summit this week amid strains
Beijing-Delhi relations have been strained after later revoked Occupied Kashmir's autonomy
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Trio win Nobel Medicine Prize for work on cells, oxygen
Their research has paved the way for promising new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and many other diseases
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More than 16,000 flee unrest in Indonesia's Papua
Several dozen were killed and some burned alive when violence broke out in Wamena city last month
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Five things to know about the Nobel prizes
Nobel went down in history as the inventor of dynamite, but he was also keen on English poetry
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Nobel season opens with Medicine Prize
The youngest laureate so far is Malala Yousafzai, who won the 2014 Peace Prize at the age of 17