An Australian museum said on Monday it will exhibit what it believes is the best opal stone ever found - a 6-cm multi-colored gem found in the Outback named the Virgin Rainbow.
The first thing that strikes you as you enter the Makomboki Tea Factory is the air. It's clear, absent of the dark smoke that billows from the boilers of Kenya's other tea factories.
Nepal's proposed new constitution has sparked fury from women who say their citizenship, property and other rights are being curtailed by the document designed to draw a line under centuries of inequality.
"Partnership" certificates are to be issued to same-sex couples in Tokyo's largest district from November.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed to do "whatever necessary" in Turkey's fight against Kurdish militants, with no end in sight to a two-week cycle of violence.
US Secretary of State John Kerry began talks with Gulf states in Qatar on Monday, seeking to convince them of the merits of last month's nuclear deal with Iran and to discuss the battle against Islamic State militants and the war in Syria.
Israel's security Cabinet has approved new measures against Israelis who attack Palestinians, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying his government will have zero tolerance for Jewish extremists.
Rescuers raced on Monday to help tens of thousands of people in Myanmar who were stranded by rooftop-high floods, as the UN warned that swollen rivers threaten more areas and large swathes of Asia that have been hit by deadly monsoon rains.
About 1,000 Buddhists from several countries are gathering in Chiang Mai to attend the Fifth World Youth Buddhist Symposium.
Malaysian aviation experts planned to meet their French counterparts and judges on Monday to coordinate the investigation into missing Flight MH370, days after the discovery of a washed-up plane part offered fresh hope of solving the mystery.
France and Britain vowed on Sunday that a cross-Channel migrant crisis was their "top priority" in a united front that belied simmering anger.
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